The Marriage of Figaro

5.6 / 10

(4 votes)

Comedy in five acts by Beaumarchais, filmed by Marcel Bluwal in studio and on location. The cast, in accordance with Marcel Bluwal's wishes, is in keeping with the age and character of the characters, to give it rhythm. At once "a comic baroque play, a bourgeois drama, a chansonnier's number, a social satire, a farce and a very pretty love story" according to Marcel Bluwal, it can also be summed up, according to Beaumarchais, as "the most bantering of intrigues".

Country:

France

Genre:

TV Movie,

Comedy

Duration:

145 minutes

Year:

1961

Director:

Marcel Bluwal

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Company:

Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française

Cast:
Jean-Pierre Cassel

Figaro

Jean Rochefort

Le comte Almaviva

Anouk Ferjac

La comtesse

Anne Doat

Suzanne

Marcelle Arnold

Marceline

Crew:
Marcel Bluwal

Director

Anne-Marie Marchand

Costume Design

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Original Story

Marcel Bluwal

Adaptation

André Lerissel

Sound