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Figaro is a 1929 French silent historical comedy film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Ernst Van Duren, Arlette Marchal and Marie Bell.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels. It was released in 1929 in the US as a silent film, then reissued there in 1932 with an added music track, recorded by SpA Bixiophone, under the title IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA.
Cast
- Ernst Van Duren as Figaro
- Arlette Marchal as Rosine
- Marie Bell as Suzanne
- Léon Belières as Batholo
- José Davert as Basile
- Tony D'Algy as Le Comte Almaviva
- Jean Weber as Chérubin
- Odette Talazac as Marceline
- Genica Missirio as Bogaerts
- Roland Caillaux as Grippe-Soleil
References
- ^ Waldman & Slide p.71
Bibliography
- Waldman, Harry & Slide, Anthony. Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995. Scarecrow Press, 1996.
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