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Le capitaine Fracasse
(Captain Fracasse)
(1929) France
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and Henry Wulschleger
Cast: Pierre Blanchar [Baron de Sigognac, also known as Le capitaine Fracasse], Lien Deyers [Isabelle], Charles Boyer [Duc de Vallombreuse], Daniel Mendaille [Agostin], Pola Illéry [Chiquita], Marie-Thérèse Vincent [Séraphine], Odette Josylla [Zerbine], Marguerite Moreno [Dame Léonarde], Armand Numès [Blazius], Quevedo (Paul Quevedo) [Leander], Paul Velsa [Matamore], René Bergeron [Scapín], Léon Courtois [Herode], Georges Benoît, Pierre Blanchar, de Savoye (Clairette de Savoye), Vargas, Albert Rancy [stuntman]
Lutèce Films production. / Produced by P.J. de Venloo. Scenario by Alberto Cavalcanti, from the novel Le capitaine Fracasse by Théophile Gautier. Art direction by Erik Aaes. / Released 15 February 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as Captain Fracasse (1915). The novel was subsequently filmed as Le capitaine Fracasse (1943). / Silent film.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) - France
Listing updated: 30 October2023.
References: Bardèche-History p. 236; Perry-British p. 308 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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