The Marriage of Figaro ( 1961 )

Overview

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".

Top Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Figaro

Jean Rochefort

Le comte Almaviva

Anouk Ferjac

La comtesse

Anne Doat

Suzanne

Marcelle Arnold

Marceline

Henri Virlogeux

Antonio

Laurence Badie

Franchette

Michel Galabru

Bartholo

Jean-Marie Amato

Bazile

Roger Carel

Don Guzman Brid'Oison

Paul Gay

Double Main

Georges Bever

L'huissier

Philippe Ogouz

Grippe-Soleil

Mireille Saunin

La jeune bergère

Claude Joseph

Pédrille

Marie-José Nat

Chérubin