The Adventures of Mandrin | |
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Directed by | Mario Soldati |
Written by | Giorgio Bassani Augusto Frassinetti Vittorio Nino Novarese Mario Soldati |
Produced by | Jacques Bar Niccolò Theodoli |
Starring | Raf Vallone Silvana Pampanini Jacques Castelot |
Cinematography | Mario Montuori |
Edited by | Roberto Cinquini |
Music by | Mario Nascimbene |
Production companies | Cormoran Films Industrie Cinematografiche Sociali |
Distributed by | Sonofilm Republic Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Adventures of Mandrin (Italian: Le Avventure di Mandrin) is a 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Raf Vallone, Silvana Pampanini and Jacques Castelot. [1] It was released under a variety of alternative titles including Don Juan's Night of Love in America and The Affair of Madame Pompadour in Britain.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. On its release it earned around 194 million lira at the Italian box office. [2]
During the reign of Louis XV of France the smuggler and brigand Louis Mandrin leads defiance of the government's harsh tax-collecting efforts.
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