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Le Capitaine Fracasse ()


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Out of love for an actress, Isabelle, the Baron de Sigognac joins a traveling troop en route to Paris. When an actor dies, he takes over his role: that of Captain Fracasse.

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Le baron de Cigognac / Il barone di Sigognac
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Isabelle / Isabella
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Le duc de Vallombreuse / Il duca di Vallombrosa (as Jean Weber de la Comédie Française)
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Scapin / Scapino
Lucien Nat ...
Agostin / Agostino
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Dame Léonarde / Donna Leonarda
Paul Oettly ...
Matamore / Matamoro
Josette France ...
Zerbine / Zerbina
Sylvie Gance ...
Yolande de Foix / Jolanda de Foix (as Mary-Lou)
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Vidalenc
Philippe Rolla ...
Malastic / Malastico (as Philippe-Rolla)
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Hérode / Erodo
Jean Fleur ...
Blazius / Blazio
Roger Blin ...
Fagotin / Fagottino
Paul Mondollot ...
Pierre / Pietro
Jacques Roussel ...
Le prévôt / Il parocco
Jaqueline Florence ...
Chiquita (as Jacqueline Florence)
Ritou Lancyle
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La marquise des Bruyères / La marchesa di Bruyeres
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Le marquis des Bruyères / Il marchese di Bruyeres (as Maurice Escande de la Comédie Française)
Vina Bovy ...
Séraphine / Serafina (as Vina Bovy de l'Opéra)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nino Constantini ...
Léandre / Leandro (as Costantini)
Albert Bovy ...
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Max Fontal ...
Petit rôle (uncredited)
Jacqueline Grosnier ...
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Andrée Guize ...
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Mary Morval ...
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Paul Taillade ...
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Directed by

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Abel Gance

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Gian Bistolfi ... (dialogue)
 
Abel Gance ... (adaptation)
 
Abel Gance ... (dialogue)
 
Théophile Gautier ... (novel)
 
Steve Passeur ... (dialogue)
 
Claude Vermorel ... (adaptation)
 
Claude Vermorel ... (dialogue)

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Josette France ... producer (uncredited)
Pierre Gurgo-Salice ... producer (uncredited)

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Arthur Honegger

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Nicolas Hayer

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Lucienne Déméocq

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Henri Mahé

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Beytout ... (as Betout)
Catherine Plessier

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Georges Klein ... makeup artist (as Klein)

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Mario Bellotti ... production manager
Buat ... unit production manager
Gautrin ... unit production manager
Fred Genty ... unit production manager (as Genty)
Marc Le Pelletier ... production manager

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Dagmar Bolin ... assistant director (as Mlle Bolin)
Robert Bossis ... assistant director (as Bossis)

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Jean Putel ... sound engineer (as Putel)

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Gravot ... still photographer
Jacques Lemare ... camera operator

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Victor Noeppel ... costume supervisor (as Noepel)

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André de Badet ... lyricist / lyrics
Yvonne Gouverné ... chorus
Arthur Honegger ... conductor

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André Gardère ... fencing master (as Gardère)

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Plot Summary

In the first half of the XVIIth century which barely emerges from the baroque ornaments of the previous eras, lived in Gascogne, at the castle of Misère, the young baron of Sigognac, completely ruined. A troop of traveling comedians stopped in the courtyard of the manor, Sigognac offered them hospitality, noticed the beauty of Isabelle who played the ingenuous and conceived the plan to follow Thespis' carriage in his wanderings. The old actor who had hitherto played Matamore, who had just died, leaping and youthful Sigognac was going to replace him advantageously. Under the name of Captain Fracasse, he would both arouse the enthusiasm of the amazed populations and dispute Isabelle with a dangerous rival, the Duke of Vallombreuse. A duel pitted the two men against a cemetery in Poitiers. Everyone recognized the value of the opponent, but, by cunning, Vallombreuse had Isabelle removed to lock him in his castle. It was to count without SigognacFracasse which arises, there again. A new duel began, but a duel to the death. A dramatic revelation turned these adventures upside down: Isabelle was a rich heiress and Vallombreuse's full sister. Once again Sigognac, ex-captain Fracasse was able to marry the beautiful.

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Also Known As
  • La maschera sul cuore (Italy)
  • Captain Fracasse (World-wide, English title)
  • Fracasse, der freche Kavalier (Germany)
  • El capitán intrépido (Spain)
  • Capitän Fracasse (Austria)
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Trivia Contrary to the custom of the time, Italian actress Assia Noris was not dubbed for this film. This is due to the fact she spoke very good French. One can detect occasionally a trace of accent in certain scenes however. See more »
Movie Connections Remade as Capitan Fracassa (1958). See more »

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