The Mysteries of Paris (1957 film)

The Mysteries of Paris
Directed by	Fernando Cerchio
Written by	Bey Bourg Damiano Damiani
Based on	The Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue
Produced by	Giampaolo Bigazzi
Starring	Frank Villard Yvette Lebon Jacques Castelot
Cinematography	Sergio Pesce
Edited by	Maria Rosada
Music by	Ezio Carabella Giovanni Fusco
Production companies	Comptoir Français du Film Production Faro Film
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	21 August 1957 (1957-08-21)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	Italian

The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les mystères de Paris, Italian: I misteri di Parigi) is a 1957 French-Italian drama film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Frank Villard, Yvette Lebon and Jacques Castelot. It is based on the 1842 novel The Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue, one of a number of film adaptations of the work.

Cast

• Frank Villard as Prince Rodolfo di Gerolstein
• Yvette Lebon as Sara, ex-moglie di Rodolfo
• Jacques Castelot as notaio Ferrand, ovvero 'Monsieur'
• Lorella De Luca as Maria, la Cantante
• Matteo Spinola as Germain
• John Kitzmiller as Lo Squartatore
• Giulio Battiferri as Georges
• Elena Zareschi as Matilde
• Clona Ristori as La Civetta
• Maurice Teynac
• Arturo Bragaglia
• Giulio Calì
• Olga Solbelli
• Umberto Sacripante
• Marianne Leibl
• Mino Loisi
• Giuseppe Lo Giudice
• Rita Toscano

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Mysteries of Paris at IMDb
• The Mysteries of Paris at Variety Distribution