This loose adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic shifts the story to Italy and back in time, with the deformed protagonist meeting Lucrezia Borgia instead of Queen Anne. Also, Gwynplaine is renamed Angelo (Jean Sorel) with his disfigurement represented by a single broad slash across his mouth, crude yet convincing. The story (not credited to Hugo) is a swashbuckler pitting the disfigured acrobat against the henchmen of the Borgias.
Cast
Jean Sorel
Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi
Lisa Gastoni
Lucrezia Borgia
Ilaria Occhini
Dea
Edmund Purdom
Cesare Borgia
Gino Pernice
Galeazzo
Ferdinando Poggi
Umberto
Linda Sini
Margherita
Gianni Musy
Paolo Orsini
Nino Vingelli
Ursus
Livia Contardi
Unknown
Pierre Clémenti
Orsini's Partisan
Adriano Cornelli
Archimedes the Dwarf
John Bartha
Giovanni
Crew
Sergio Corbucci
Director, Screenplay
Luca Ronconi
Screenplay
Franco Rossetti
Screenplay
Filippo Sanjust
Screenplay
A. Issaverdens
Screenplay
A. Bertolotto
Screenplay
Victor Hugo
Novel
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Enzo Barboni
Director of Photography
Joseph Fryd
Producer
Oscar De Arcangelis
Sound Engineer
Massimo De Rita
Production Manager
Alessandro Dell'Orco
Art Direction
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