The Man Who Laughs 2012

Mary philbin as dea.

The man who laughs 2012. The man who laughs 2012 film gérard depardieu as ursus marc andré grondin as gwynplaine emmanuelle seigner as duchesse josiane christa theret as déa arben bajraktaraj as hardquanone serge merlin as barkilphedro christèle tual fr as clémence swann arlaud as sylvain. Characters names are pretty weird considering time and place of the novel s setting. The man who laughs less faithful to its source material and more concerned with delivering the goods visually this handsome studio shot pic somewhat ironically lacks genuine pathos in telling. Brandon hurst as barkilphedro.

Cesare gravina as ursus. The man who laughs also published under the title by order of the king from its subtitle in french is a novel by victor hugo originally published in april 1869 under the french title l homme qui rit it takes place in england in the 1680s and 1700s during the reigns of james ii and queen anne respectively and depicts england s royalty and aristocracy of the time as cruel and power hungry. Stuart holmes as lord dirry moir. Directed by paul leni.

Audience reviews for the man who laughs l homme qui rit aug 31 2013 though not exactly bad this is a soulless adaptation that lacks enough emotion to make us care. Conrad veidt as gwynplaine. Linnaeuss clancharlie david dirry moir josiana barkilphedro somewhat subverted with gwynplaine who supposedly got his name from flemish doctor hardquannone and ursus who gave up his christian name in favor of latin nickname. When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic king james in 1690 he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

With mary philbin conrad veidt julius molnar olga baclanova. As gwynplaine child olga vladimirovna baklanova as duchess josiana. Samuel de grasse as king james ii stuart.