Directed by:
André HunebelleCinematography:
Marcel GrignonComposer:
Jean MarionCast:
Jean Marais, Bourvil, Sabine Sesselmann, Edmond Beauchamp, Georges Douking, Guy Delorme, Paulette Dubost, François Chaumette, Paul Cambo, Alexandre Rignault (more)Plots(1)
Set in the 18th century, this French swashbuckler centers on Lagardere (Jean Marais), an adventurer whose life is affected when he decides to help out a nobleman in distress. Lagardere's comic companion Passepoil (Bourvil) adds a light touch to the proceedings. But when the nobleman is vilely murdered by a villainous courtier, Lagardere is duty-bound to raise the victim's little daughter as though she were his own. Time goes by, though not enough to erase the memory of the murder from the adventurer's mind. He decides to disguise himself as a hunchback in order to be accepted into the faction that had the nobleman killed, and from the inside as it were, plots his revenge. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jean Marais
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
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Bourvil
France
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
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Sabine Sesselmann
German Empire
Best movies:
The Hunchback of Paris (1959)
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Edmond Beauchamp
France
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The Hunchback of Paris (1959)
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Georges Douking
France
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Guy Delorme
France
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Paulette Dubost
France
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François Chaumette
France
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Paul Cambo
France
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Joseph Balsamo (1973) (series)
Alexandre Rignault
France
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Jean Le Poulain
France
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Annie Anderson
France
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Dominique Zardi
France
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Fantomas (1964)
Christian Brocard
France
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Raoul Billerey
France
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Françoise Deldick
France
Best movies:
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Hubert Noël
France
Best movies:
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Les Misérables (1982)
Edmond Tamiz
France
Best movies:
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Judgment of the God (1952)
The Hunchback of Paris (1959)
Alain Nobis
France
Best movies:
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Jean-Michel Rouzière
Best movies:
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Is Paris Burning? (1966)