Michel Strogoff (1956 film)

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Michel Strogoff
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Directed by Carmine Gallone
Written by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Based on Michel Strogoff by Jules Verne
Produced by Emile Natan
Starring Curd Jürgens
Geneviève Page
Sylva Koscina
Cinematography Robert Lefebvre
Edited by Niccolò Lazzari
Armand Ridel
Music by Norbert Glanzberg
Production
companies
Illiria Film
Les Films Modernes
Produzione Gallone
Udruzenje Filmskih Umetnika Srbije
Distributed byCompagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Release date
  • 14 December 1956 (1956-12-14)
Running time
111 Minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
West Germany
Yugoslavia
LanguageFrench
Box office6,920,814 admissions (France) [1]

Michel Strogoff is a 1956 historical adventure film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Curd Jürgens. It is based on the 1876 novel of the same title by Jules Verne.

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Made as a co-production between several European nations, it was shot at the Kosutnjak Studios in Belgrade using CinemaScope. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Léon Barsacq and Vlastimir Gavrik. Jürgens also appeared in a 1961 follow-up The Triumph of Michael Strogoff .

Synopsis

In the nineteenth century, Imperial Russian forces are battling against Tartar forces at the city of Irkutsk. Tsar Alexander II sends Michel Strogoff as a courier to try and reach the besieged city, and he travels disguised as a merchant along with companion Nadia and two war correspondents.

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Reception

It was the most popular movie of the year in France. [1] An estimated seven million spectators passed through the box office to see it in the country. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Box office information for 1956 at Box Office Story
  2. ↑ Hayward p.33

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