With jean marais, bourvil, sabine sesselmann, jean le poulain. Le bossu is a consistently entertaining french film, with an emphasis on swordplay, honor and romance. Adapted from the 1858 historical novel le bossu by paul feval, the film is about a skilled swordsman named lagardere who is befriended by the duke of nevers. It seems very much to be a throwback to earlier action romance films, particularly in that there is a certain seemingly deliberate superficiality to the characters. Le bossu 1959 film le bossu is a frenchitalian swashbuckler film starring jean marais and directed by andre hunebelle. Le bossu 1944 jean delannoy cast and crew allmovie. Le bossu is not in the same league, partly because daniel auteuil is. Le chemin des ecoliers the way of youth is a 1959 french film starring alain delon. Find movie and film cast and crew information for le bossu 1944 jean delannoy on allmovie. When professor marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, juve, immediately suspects fantomas. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Le bossu 1959 english subtitle french film new dvd. The film also featured bourvil, possibly the most popular.
Des annees plus tard, lagardere revient en france, accompagne daurore, afin. The film also featured bourvil, possibly the most popular french comedian of the time. An adventurer jean marais seeks revenge for the murder of a nobleman. English words for bossu include hunchback, hunchbacked, humpback, gibbous, humpy and gibbose. This film rollocks along and just shows you dont need complex plots to have a great movie once again hollywood scriptwriters read it and weep. Le bossu the hunchback is a french swashbuckler film directed by andre hunebelle, released in 1959. Le bossu soundtrack from 1997, composed by philippe sarde. Le bossu, a french historical adventure novel by paul feval le bossu 1944 film le bossu 1959 film, a film directed by andre hunebelle, starring jean marais and bourvil. Released by quartet records in 20 containing music from on guard le bossu 1997. A swashbuckling tale of revenge and adventure set in early 18th century france.
These characters are simply, forcefully drawn, and they behave accordingly. For this movie itself, though, energetic and frantic are the best adjectives you could. Le bossu 1959 english subtitles it is also a buddy movie with the main hero daniel auteuil striking up a friendship across the class barrier with the. So successful was the formula that hunebelle teamed up the same two actors for his next action film, captain blood. The french are rather good at this kind of thing, unlike the americans. Le bossu is a frenchitalian swashbuckler film starring jean marais and directed by andre hunebelle.