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".

Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Figaro

Jean Rochefort

Le comte Almaviva

Anouk Ferjac

La comtesse

Anne Doat

Suzanne

Marcelle Arnold

Marceline

Henri Virlogeux

Antonio