''Mandrin'' is a 1962 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by

Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...

and starring

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Silvia Monfort Silvia Monfort (born Simone Marguerite Favre-Bertin; 6 June 1923 – 30 March 1991) was a French actress and theatre director. She was the daughter of the sculptor Charles-Maurice Favre-Bertin and the wife of Pierre Gruneberg. She was named a ...

Jeanne Valérie Jeanne Valérie (19 August 1941 – 25 September 2020) was a French film and television actress.Pallister & Hottell p.76 Selected filmography * ''Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women'' (1959) * '' Web of Passion'' (1959) * '' The Loves of Sa ...

and

Dany Robin Dany Robin (; 14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Career Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. She performed with Peter Sellers in ''The Waltz of the Toreadors'', and co-starred opposite Kirk D ...

.Oscherwitz & Higgins p·378 It is based on the life of the celebrated

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and

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who operated during the reign of

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Anatol Radzinowicz.

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took place around the town of

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in southern

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as well as the Château de Vigny outside

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Cast

as Louis Mandrin *

as Myrtille *

as Antoinette *

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as Bélissard *

as La baronne d'Escourt *

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as Bertrand le braco *

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as Sigismond de Moret *

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as Grain de sel * André Versini as Le marquis d'Ulrich * Gil Baladou as Le ménestrel * Tadeusz Bartosik as Le gitan Marco *

Leon Niemczyk Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor. Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in over ...

as Le traître Grandville * Claude Carliez as Un aristocrate * Anatol Kobylinski as Un contrebandier *

as Le confesseur de la baronne d'Escourt *

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as Herold * Artur Mlodnicki as Le sergent * Leopold R. Nowak as Un contrebandier * Wladyslaw Pawlowicz as Un soldat * Georges Rouquier as Voltaire

References

Bibliography

* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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* 1962 films French historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films 1960s historical adventure films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois Films set in the 18th century Titanus films Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris Films shot in Poland 1960s French films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-France-film-stub

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