The Man Who Laughs (1966 film)

The Man Who Laughs

Directed by	Sergio Corbucci
Starring	Lisa Gastoni Jean Sorel Edmund Purdom
Music by	Carlo Savina
Cinematography	Enzo Barboni
Release dates	3 February 1966 (1966-02-03)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Man Who Laughs (Italian: L'uomo che ride) is a 1966 Italian drama film based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.^[1]

Plot

In this version, the character of Gwynplaine is renamed Angelo (played by Jean Sorel). His disfigurement is represented as a single broad slash across his mouth, crude yet convincing. While he deals with this, he also falls for a beautiful girl named Dea. The story (which is attributed, in the movie credits, to the director, producer and others involved in making the film, but not to Victor Hugo) pits the disfigured acrobat against the henchmen of the Borgias. At the end, Dea miraculously acquires her eyesight and Angelo undergoes surgery that completely reverses his disfigurement and renders him perfectly handsome.

Cast

Lisa Gastoni - Lucrezia Borgia
Jean Sorel - Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi
Edmund Purdom - Cesare Borgia
Ilaria Occhini- Dea
Nando Poggi - Umberto
Pierre Clémenti
Gianni Musy
Linda Sini

References

↑ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.

External links

The Man Who Laughs at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Sergio Corbucci

Chi si ferma è perduto (1960)
Romolo e Remo (1961)
Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961)
The Shortest Day (1962)
Grand Canyon Massacre (1964)
Minnesota Clay (1965)
The Man Who Laughs (1966)
Django (1966)
Johnny Oro (1966)
Navajo Joe (1966)
The Hellbenders (1967)
The Mercenary (1968)
The Great Silence (1968)
Specialists (1969)
Compañeros (1970)
Sonny and Jed (1972)
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? (1972)
The Beast (1974)
The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975)
Di che segno sei? (1975)
The Con Artists (1976)
Ecco noi per esempio (1977)
The Payoff (1978)
Odds and Evens (1978)
Neapolitan Mystery (1979)
Super Fuzz (1980)
A Friend Is a Treasure (1981)
Days of Inspector Ambrosio (1988)

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