Figaro (film)

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Figaro
Directed by Tony Lekain
Gaston Ravel
Written by Beaumarchais (play)
Tony Lekain
Gaston Ravel
Starring Ernst Van Duren
Arlette Marchal
Marie Bell
Cinematography Albert Duverger
Production
company
Franco Films
Release date
  • 20 December 1929 (1929-12-20)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

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.

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  1. Waldman & Slide p.71

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