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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

6.1 88 mins Comedy   1960
Courts et Longs Métrages (C.L.M.)   Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma  
Director(s): Norbert Carbonnaux

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 take German nationality and ends up guarding the camp where he was imprisoned. He crossed into Switzerland, but as he had no bank account, he was incarcerated for eight days for trespassing. Hunted by the Gestapo, he kills two men to free Cunégonde, who has finally been found. They both flee to Argentina, and their world tour begins. In Paris, Moscow, New York, Borneo and Alexandria. They try to follow Dr. Pangloss' optimistic rule of life. Tossed about, separated, they find themselves grown old and wiser, thinking only of cultivating their garden on the shores of the Mediterranean.

Casts of Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as Candide

Daliah Lavi

as Cunégonde

Pierre Brasseur

as Pangloss

Louis de Funès

as Officier de la Gestapo

Michel Simon

as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve

Jean Poiret

as Le premier policier / Policeman

Michel Serrault

as Le second policier / Policeman

Jean Tissier

as Le docteur Jacques

Luis Mariano

as Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator

Nadia Gray

as La dame de compagnie / Dame

Mathilde Casadesus

as La baronne de Thunder-Ten-Tronck

Darío Moreno

as Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator

Jacqueline Maillan

as Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine

Jacques Balutin

as L'ordonnance

Jean Richard

as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer

Albert Simonin

as Le major Simpson / Major Simpson

Robert Manuel

as German Officer

Jean Constantin

as Fourak

Michèle Verez

as Pâquette

Harold Kay

as German Officer

O'Dett

as Le baron de Thunder-Ten-Tronck

John William

as Le chef des Oreillons

Don Ziegler

as Le papa gangster / American Father

François Chalais

as Narrator (voice)

Maurice Biraud

as Le résident hollandais (uncredited)

Pierre Repp

as Le pasteur (uncredited)

Mireille Alcon

as Une dame du harem (uncredited)

Sybil Saulnier

as Une dame du harem (uncredited)

Danièle Tessier

as Une dame du harem (uncredited)

Habib Benglia

as Le noir molesté (uncredited)

Michel Garland

as Le frère de Cunégonde (uncredited)

Gib Grossac

as Le chef des eunuques (uncredited)

Marcel Journet

as (uncredited)

Alice Sapritch

as La soeur du baron (uncredited)

Edy Sylvian

as Petit rôle (uncredited)

Michel Thomass

as Le chauffeur russe de Pangloss (uncredited)

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