禁苑藏龙
/
L'uomo che ride
/
El hombre que ríe
/
L'Homme qui rit
/
Der Mann mit der goldenen Klinge
director:
Sergio Corbucci
playwright:
Sergio Corbucci
/
Luca Ronconi
/
Franco Rossetti
/
Filippo Sanjust
/
A. Issaverdens
…
actor:
Jean Sorel
/
Lisa Gastoni
/
Ilaria Occhini
/
Edmund Purdom
/
Gino Pernice
…
genre:
Drama
/
Adventure
region:
Italy
language:
Italian
length: 1h 37m
release date: 1966-08-20
IMDb: tt0060664
L'uomo che ride
overview
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.