''The Unknown Man of Shandigor'' () is a 1967 Swiss

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Jean-Louis Roy Jean-Louis Roy (; born 1 February 1941 in Normandin, Quebec) is a Canadian historian, journalist and diplomat. He was editor of ''Le Devoir'' from 1980 to 1986, the government of Quebec's delegate-general to Paris as well as the province's inter ...

. It was entered into the

1967 Cannes Film Festival The 20th Cannes Film Festival took place from 27 April to 12 May 1967. Italian filmmaker Alessandro Blasetti served as jury president for the main competition. The ''Grand Prix du Festival International du Film'', then the fetival's main prize, ...

Cast

* Marie-France Boyer as Sylvaina / Sylvaine *

Ben Carruthers Benito F. Carruthers (August 14, 1936 – September 27, 1983) was an American film actor, most notable for his role in John Cassavetes' debut feature film ''Shadows'' (1959). His other films included '' A High Wind in Jamaica'' (1965), Robert ...

as Manual / Manuel *

Daniel Emilfork Daniel Emilfork (7 April 1924 – 17 October 2006) was a Chilean stage and film actor who made his career in France. Biography Emilfork was born in San Felipe, Chile after his Jewish socialist parents from Kiev fled a pogrom in Odessa. At ...

as Von Krantz, the savant *

Howard Vernon Mario Walter Lippert (15 July 1908 – 25 July 1996), better known by his stage name Howard Vernon, was a Swiss actor and photographer. He had an extensive career in French cinema which spanned nearly 200 productions over 55 years, betwee ...

as Yank / Bobby Gun *

Jacques Dufilho Jacques Dufilho (19 February 1914 – 28 August 2005) was a French actor. He was born at Bègles (Gironde) and he died at Ponsampère (Gers). Life and career Dufilho appeared in 65 French productions. Moreover, he was frequently seen in Italian ...

as Russian / Schoskatovich *

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative rel ...

as The king of bold * Jacqueline Danno as Esther * Marcel Imhoff as Yvan, the assistant * Gabriel Arout as Signe 1 * Marc Fayolle as A spy * Adrien Nicati as A spy * Serge Nicoloff as A spy * Georges Wod as A spy * Georges Caspari as A spy

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* 1967 films 1960s French-language films 1967 drama films Swiss black-and-white films Cold War spy films Swiss drama films French-language Swiss films French-language drama films {{Switzerland-film-stub