Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.5/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Sergio CorbucciDirector
- Sergio CorbucciScreenplay
- Luca RonconiScreenplay
- Franco RossettiScreenplay
- Filippo SanjustScreenplay
- A. IssaverdensScreenplay
- A. BertolottoScreenplay
Cast
- Jean SorelAngelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi
- Lisa GastoniLucrezia Borgia
- Ilaria OcchiniDea
- Edmund PurdomCesare Borgia
- Gino PerniceGaleazzo
- Ferdinando PoggiUmberto
- Linda SiniMargherita
- Gianni MusyPaolo Orsini
- Nino VingelliUrsus
- Livia ContardiCast
- Pierre ClémentiOrsini's Partisan
- Adriano CornelliArchimedes the Dwarf
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Themes
politicsseductionswashbucklerdisfigured facedoppelgängerborgia familysexfacial reconstructionimposter