''The Corsican Brothers'' is a 1920 American silent historical adventure film directed by

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and starring

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, and

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.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 It is an adaptation of the novel ''

The Corsican Brothers ''The Corsican Brothers'' (french: Les Frères corses) is a novella by Alexandre Dumas, père, first published in 1844. It is the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's physical distress. It h ...

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Cast

as Louis de Franchi / Fabiel de Franchi *

as Emile de Lesparre *

as Chateau Renaud * Will Machin as Le Baron Montigiron *

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as Gaeno Orlando *

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as Madame Savilia Dei Franchi * Andrew Robson as General de Lesparre

References

Bibliography

* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

External links

* 1920 films 1920s historical adventure films American silent feature films American historical adventure films American black-and-white films Films directed by Colin Campbell Films based on The Corsican Brothers Films set in Corsica Films set in the 19th century Films based on French novels 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent adventure films {{Silent-adventure-film-stub