The French-Italian
action-comedy "Cartouche" ("Swords of Blood") is
released on 7 March 1962 in France. The film, directed by Philippe de
Broca, stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale. "Cartouche"
was Philippe de Broca's first commercial success it was also the
start of long coöperation with actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. Together
they also made "L'Homme de Rio" (1964), "Les tribulations d'un
Chinois en Chine" (1965), "Le Magnifique" (1973) and "L'Incorrigible" (1975).
Trivia
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
performed all his own stunts.
- The name of the
villain, Lieutenant General Ferrussac, is the real name of Philippe
de Broca: Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac.
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| Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale |
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| Claudia Cardinale |
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| Jess Hahn, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Rochefort |
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| Claudia Cardinale and Jean-Paul Belmondo |
Synopsis
In the 18th
century, Louis-Dominique de Bourguignon (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a
thief working with Malichot's (Marcel Dalio) gang. However, he does
not agree with their methods so he creates his own gang, acting under
the name Cartouche. He steals from the rich and distributes the
takings to the poor...
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| Jean-Paul Belmondo and Odile Versois |
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| Claudia Cardinale and Philippe Lemaire |
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| Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jess Hahn |
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| Claudia Cardinale and Jess Hahn |
Main Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Louis-Dominique Bourguignon alias Cartouche
- Claudia Cardinale
as Vénus
- Jess Hahn as La
Douceur
- Marcel Dalio as
Malichot
- Jean Rochefort as
La Taupe
- Philippe Lemaire as
Gaston de Ferrussac
- Noël Roquevert as
recruiting seargent
- Odile Versois as
Isabelle de Ferrussac
- Jacques Charon as
colonel
- Lucien Raimbourg as
maréchal
- Jacques Balutin as
Capucine
- Pierre Repp as
Marquis of Griffe
- Jacques Hilling as
hotel keeper
- Paul Préboist as
gendarme
- René Marlic as
Petit Oncle
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| Claudia Cardinale |
Cartouche Trailer (1962)
Bonjour, Il y aune (petite !) erreur à la 6ème photo.
ReplyDeleteClaudia Cardinale est maltraitée par Marcel Dalio.