Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960Comedy88 mins

Plot

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 tak... read more

  • Norbert Carbonnaux

    Director

  • Norbert Carbonnaux

    Adaptation

  • Albert Simonin

    Adaptation

  • Voltaire

    Novel

  • Robert Lefebvre

    Director of Photography

  • Paulette Robert

    Editor

  • Jean-Pierre Cassel

    Candide

  • Daliah Lavi

    Cunégonde

  • Pierre Brasseur

    Pangloss

  • Louis de Funès

    Officier de la Gestapo

  • Michel Simon

    Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve

  • Jean Poiret

    Le premier policier / Policeman

  • Michel Serrault

    Le second policier / Policeman

  • Jean Tissier

    Le docteur Jacques

  • Luis Mariano

    Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator

  • Nadia Gray

    La dame de compagnie / Dame

  • Mathilde Casadesus

    La baronne de Thunder-Ten-Tronck

  • Darío Moreno

    Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator

  • Clément Duhour

  • Jacqueline Maillan

    Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine

  • Jacques Balutin

    L'ordonnance

  • Jean Richard

    Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer

  • Albert Simonin

    Le major Simpson / Major Simpson

  • Robert Manuel

    German Officer

  • Jean Constantin

    Fourak

  • Michèle Verez

    Pâquette

  • Harold Kay

    German Officer

  • O'Dett

    Le baron de Thunder-Ten-Tronck

  • John William

    Le chef des Oreillons

  • Don Ziegler

    Le papa gangster / American Father

  • François Chalais

    Narrator (voice)

  • Dominique Just

  • Maurice Biraud

    Le résident hollandais (uncredited)

  • Pierre Repp

    Le pasteur (uncredited)

  • Mireille Alcon

    Une dame du harem (uncredited)

  • Sybil Saulnier

    Une dame du harem (uncredited)

  • Danièle Tessier

    Une dame du harem (uncredited)

  • Habib Benglia

    Le noir molesté (uncredited)

  • Michel Garland

    Le frère de Cunégonde (uncredited)

  • Gib Grossac

    Le chef des eunuques (uncredited)

  • Marcel Journet

    (uncredited)

  • Alice Sapritch

    La soeur du baron (uncredited)

  • Edy Sylvian

    Petit rôle (uncredited)

  • Michel Thomass

    Le chauffeur russe de Pangloss (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    88 minutes

    Released

    1960-12-16

    Languages

    Français

    Countries

    France

    Studios

    Courts et Longs Métrages (C.L.M.)

    Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma

    Sound

  • Hubert Rostaing

    Music

  • Updated

    227 days ago

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