Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

88 mins | Comedy | Dec. 16, 1960

The film is a 20th-century adaptation of Voltaire's 1759 social satire novel Candide, ou l’Optimisme.

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

88 mins | Comedy | Dec. 16, 1960

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
The film is a 20th-century adaptation of Voltaire's 1759 social satire novel Candide, ou l’Optimisme.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma, Courts et Longs Métrages (C.L.M.)
Original title Candide ou l’optimisme au XXᵉ siècle
Directors Georges Pellegrin, Norbert Carbonnaux
Writers Voltaire, Albert Simonin, Norbert Carbonnaux

Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as Candide

Daliah Lavi

as Cunégonde

Pierre Brasseur

as Pangloss

Louis de Funès

as Officier de la Gestapo

Michel Simon

as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve

Jean Poiret

as Le premier policier / Policeman

Michel Serrault

as Le second policier / Policeman

Jean Tissier

as Le docteur Jacques

Luis Mariano

as Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator

Nadia Gray

as La dame de compagnie / Dame

Mathilde Casadesus

as La baronne de Thunder-Ten-Tronck

Darío Moreno

as Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator

Jacqueline Maillan

as Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine

Jacques Balutin

as L'ordonnance

Maurice Biraud

as Le résident hollandais (uncredited)

Pierre Repp

as Le pasteur (uncredited)

Jean Richard

as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer

Albert Simonin

as Le major Simpson / Major Simpson

Robert Manuel

as German Officer

Jean Constantin

as Fourak

Michèle Verez

as Pâquette

Harold Kay

as German Officer

O'Dett

as Le baron de Thunder-Ten-Tronck

John William

as Le chef des Oreillons

Don Ziegler

as Le papa gangster / American Father

François Chalais

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Mireille Alcon

as Une dame du harem (uncredited)

Sybil Saulnier

as Une dame du harem (uncredited)

Danièle Tessier

as Une dame du harem (uncredited)

Habib Benglia

as Le noir molesté (uncredited)

Michel Garland

as Le frère de Cunégonde (uncredited)

Gib Grossac

as Le chef des eunuques (uncredited)

Alice Sapritch

as La soeur du baron (uncredited)

Edy Sylvian

as Petit rôle (uncredited)

Michel Thomass

as Le chauffeur russe de Pangloss (uncredited)