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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

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Calorie Rating: 124
Released: 1960-12-16
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Studios: Courts et Longs Métrages (C.L.M.), Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma,


Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is forced to take German nationality and ends up guarding the camp where he was imprisoned. He crossed into Switzerland, but as he had no bank account, he was incarcerated for eight days for trespassing. Hunted by the Gestapo, he kills two men to free Cunégonde, who has finally been found. They both flee to Argentina, and their world tour begins. In Paris, Moscow, New York, Borneo and Alexandria. They try to follow Dr. Pangloss' optimistic rule of life. Tossed about, separated, they find themselves grown old and wiser, thinking only of cultivating their garden on the shores of the Mediterranean.

Director / Directors

Georges Pellegrin
Assistant Director


Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel
Character: Candide
Daliah Lavi
Character: Cunégonde
Pierre Brasseur
Character: Pangloss

Louis de Funès
Character: Officier de la Gestapo
Michel Simon
Character: Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
Jean Poiret
Character: Le premier policier / Policeman

Michel Serrault
Character: Le second policier / Policeman
Jean Tissier
Character: Le docteur Jacques
Luis Mariano
Character: Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator

Nadia Gray
Character: La dame de compagnie / Dame
Mathilde Casadesus
Character: La baronne de Thunder-Ten-Tronck
Darío Moreno
Character: Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator

Jacqueline Maillan
Character: Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
Jacques Balutin
Character: L'ordonnance

Jean Richard
Character: Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
Albert Simonin
Character: Le major Simpson / Major Simpson
Robert Manuel
Character: German Officer

Jean Constantin
Character: Fourak
Michèle Verez
Character: Pâquette
Harold Kay
Character: German Officer

O'Dett
Character: Le baron de Thunder-Ten-Tronck
John William
Character: Le chef des Oreillons
Don Ziegler
Character: Le papa gangster / American Father

François Chalais
Character: Narrator (voice)
Maurice Biraud
Character: Le résident hollandais (uncredited)

Pierre Repp
Character: Le pasteur (uncredited)
Mireille Alcon
Character: Une dame du harem (uncredited)
Sybil Saulnier
Character: Une dame du harem (uncredited)

Danièle Tessier
Character: Une dame du harem (uncredited)
Habib Benglia
Character: Le noir molesté (uncredited)
Michel Garland
Character: Le frère de Cunégonde (uncredited)

Gib Grossac
Character: Le chef des eunuques (uncredited)
Marcel Journet
Character: (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch
Character: La soeur du baron (uncredited)

Edy Sylvian
Character: Petit rôle (uncredited)
Michel Thomass
Character: Le chauffeur russe de Pangloss (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Albert Simonin
Adaptation

Jean Klissak
Still Photographer
Charles Lahet
Unit Manager
Jean Douarinou
Production Design

Étiennette Muse
Assistant Editor
André Deroual
Production Manager
Jean Bertrand
Sound Engineer

Roger Delpuech
Camera Operator
Renée Rouzot
Wardrobe Master
Roger Bar
Location Manager

Claire Giniewski
Assistant Editor

Janou Pottier
Hairstylist
René Bourdier
Boom Operator

Robert Lefebvre
Director of Photography
Pierre Berroyer
Key Makeup Artist

Jean Douarinou
Art Direction
Valery Ivanow
Second Assistant Camera
Pierre Nourry
Costume Design

Gaston Muller
Assistant Camera
Nicole Daujat
Assistant Editor