The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
In 19th-century France, middle-aged orphans Gasparre and Battista, watchmen at an orphanage, find out from a soothsayer that one of them is the offspring of the Hangman of Paris and the other is the son of a count. But it is only a dream of theirs.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Mario MattoliDirector
- Eldo Di LazzaroOriginal Music Composer
- StenoScreenplay
- Jean Jacques RastierScreenplay
- Agenore IncrocciScreenplay
Cast
- TotòGasparre
- Carlo CampaniniBattista
- Isa BarzizzaMatilde
- Nerio BernardiIl duca Filippo
- Raymond BussièresSignor Deval
- Franca MarziSusanne de la Pleine
- Ada DondiniLa direttrice dell'orfanotrofio
- Guglielmo BarnabòIl giudice
- Annette PoivreMadame Therese
- Luigi AlmiranteIl boia di Parigi
- Galeazzo BentiGiorgio
- Mario CastellaniMaggiordomo (uncredited)