''The Corsican Brothers'' ( it, I fratelli Corsi) is a 1961 French-Italian
historical
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action film
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directed by
Anton Giulio Majano
Anton Giulio Majano (5 July 1909 – 12 August 1994) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. His career spanned from 1937 to 1986.
Selected filmography Director and screenwriter
* '' The Eternal Chain'' (1952)
* '' Good Folk's Sund ...
and starring
Geoffrey Horne
Geoffrey Horne (born August 22, 1933) is an American actor, director, and acting coach at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. His screen credits include ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'', '' Bonjour Tristesse'', ''The Strange One'', '' ...
,
Valérie Lagrange
Valérie Lagrange (born 25 February 1942) is a French actress and singer. She starred in the 1960 adventure film '' Morgan, the Pirate''.Hughes p.39
Selected filmography
* ''The Green Mare'' (1959)
* '' Morgan, the Pirate'' (1960)
* ''The Cors ...
and
Gérard Barray
Gérard Barray (born 2 November 1931 in Toulouse) is a French actor.
Early life and education
Barray's parents split up quickly and his mother, who came from Montauban decided to return to her hometown with her little boy. Around the age of 15, h ...
. It is also known as ''Lions of Corsica''. The film is an adaptation of the 1844 story ''
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 ...
'' by
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...
. The film was shot in
Eastmancolor
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.
Synopsis
The Franchi twins, when baptized, were separated when their family was murdered by his enemies, the Sagona. While one brother went into the
maquis
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* The network ...
for revenge, the other, unaware of the family drama, became a doctor and struck up a friendship with a descendant of the Sagona. But blood ties and their love for the same woman will bring them together...
Cast
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Geoffrey Horne
Geoffrey Horne (born August 22, 1933) is an American actor, director, and acting coach at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. His screen credits include ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'', '' Bonjour Tristesse'', ''The Strange One'', '' ...
as Paolo Franchi / Leone Franchi
*
Valérie Lagrange
Valérie Lagrange (born 25 February 1942) is a French actress and singer. She starred in the 1960 adventure film '' Morgan, the Pirate''.Hughes p.39
Selected filmography
* ''The Green Mare'' (1959)
* '' Morgan, the Pirate'' (1960)
* ''The Cors ...
as Edith
*
Gérard Barray
Gérard Barray (born 2 November 1931 in Toulouse) is a French actor.
Early life and education
Barray's parents split up quickly and his mother, who came from Montauban decided to return to her hometown with her little boy. Around the age of 15, h ...
as Giovanni Sagona
*
Mario Feliciani
Mario Feliciani (12 March 1918 – 11 August 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born in Milan, after completing his classical education Feliciani attended the Accademia dei filodrammatici obtaining the diploma. He ...
as Dr. Dupont
*
Emma Danieli
Emma Danieli (born Emma Fretta; 14 October 1936 – 21 June 1998) was an Italian actress and television personality.
Life and career
Born in Curtatone, Mantua, Danieli started her career at very young age as an actress of commercials. After win ...
as Gabrielle De Roux
*
Jean Servais
Jean Servais (; 24 September 1910 – 17 February 1976) was a Belgian film and stage actor. He acted in many 20th century French cinema productions, from the 1930s through the early 1970s.
He was married to Gilberte Graillot, and later actr ...
as Gerolamo Sagona
*
Amedeo Nazzari
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as Orlandi
*
Nerio Bernardi
Nerio Bernardi (23 July 1899 – 12 January 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''Nero'' (1922)
* ''The Sheph ...
as Prof. Perrier
*
Alberto Farnese
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as Gaspare
*
Raoul Grassilli
Raoul Grassilli (25 October 1924 – 24 July 2010) was an Italians, Italian actor.
Born in Bologna, Grassilli graduated from the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1948, and started his career on stage with Ruggero Ruggeri. Active am ...
as Raul Sagona
*
Franco Graziosi
Franco Graziosi (10 July 1929 – 8 September 2021) was an Italian actor. Entering films in 1960, he made some 28 motion picture and television appearances between then and 2013. He appeared regularly in television mini-series throughout his car ...
as Domenico
*
Germano Longo
Germano Longo (24 May 1933 – 14 July 2022) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was sometimes credited as Herman Lang or Grant Laramy.
Life and career
Born in Poggiardo, Longo attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, ...
as Claudio Franchi
*
Sandro Moretti
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* Sandro (footballer, born 1973), Brazi ...
as Claudio
*
Lucilla Morlacchi
Lucilla Morlacchi (29 April 1936 – 13 November 2014) was an Italian film, television and stage actress.
Born in Milan in 1936, Morlacchi studied at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici and made her theatrical debut in 1956 in the comedy play ''Il ...
*
Paola Patrizi as Mariella
*
Aldo Pini
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as Morny
*
Laura Solari
Laura Solari ( Camaur; 5 January 1913 – 13 September 1984) was an Italian film actress.
Early and personal life
Laura Camaur was born on 5 January 1913, in Trieste, then part of Austria-Hungary. She was the daughter of sculptor and arti ...
as Luisa Dupont
*
Nando Tamberlani
Nando Tamberlani (1896–1967) was an Italian film actor. A character actor in Italian cinema of the postwar era, he was the brother of actor Carlo Tamberlani. Another brother Ermete Tamberlani was also an actor. He appeared in a number of peplum ...
as Count Franchi
*
Luigi Vannucchi
Luigi Vannucchi (25 November 1930 – 30 August 1978) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Caltanissetta, Vannucchi graduated at Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1952 and shortly after en ...
as Luigi Sagona
*
Lia Zoppelli
Lia Zoppelli (16 November 1920 – 2 January 1988) was an Italian stage, television and film actress.
Life and career
Born in Milan, Zoppelli made her stage debut in 1939, shortly after her high school graduation, with the company Maltagliati ...
as Aunt Mary
References
External links
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''The Corsican Brothers''at
Variety Distribution
Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company.
It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward.
History
Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ...
1961 films
French historical adventure films
Italian historical adventure films
1960s historical adventure films
1950s Italian-language films
Films directed by Anton Giulio Majano
Films based on The Corsican Brothers
Films set in Corsica
Films set in the 19th century
Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
1950s Italian films
1960s Italian films
1950s French films
1960s French films
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