Captain Fracasse (1943)
Note: this print runs 99 minutes against a recorded 108 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Alice Tissot, Assia Noris, Fernand Gravey, Jacques François, Jean Weber, Lucien Nat, Maurice Escande, Mona Goya
Directed by Abel Gance
Captain Fracasse (French: Le Capitaine Fracasse) is a 1943 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Abel Gance and starring Fernand Gravey, Assia Noris and Alice Tissot. It is an adaptation of the novel Captain Fracasse by Théophile Gautier. The scenario and dialogue is by Abel Gance and Claude Vermorel and the music composed by Arthur Honegger. Honegger's score for the film (H. 166 in his catalogue of works) consists of around 50 minutes of music for chorus and large orchestra.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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