Chéri-Bibi (1955 film) explained

Chéri-Bibi
Director:Marcello Pagliero
Producer:Henri Lavorel
Based On:Chéri-Bibi and Cécily by Gaston Leroux
Starring:Jean Richard
Lea Padovani
Danielle Godet
Music:Georges Auric
Cinematography:Mario Montuori
Editing:Giuliana Attenni
Studio:Memnon Films
Union Générale Cinématographique
Taurus Film
Ariel Films
Distributor:L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique
Runtime:84 minutes
Country:France
Italy

Chéri-Bibi is a 1955 French-Italian adventure drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero and starring Jean Richard, Lea Padovani and Danielle Godet. It is based on the 1916 novel Chéri-Bibi and Cécily by Gaston Leroux.[1] [2] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location around Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franco Lolli. It was filmed in Ferraniacolor.

Synopsis

Wrongly accused of a crime Chéri-Bibi is sentence to imprisonment on the penal colony of Devil's Island in French Guiana. During the journey he leads a mutiny of the prisoners and they gain control of the ship. In the middle of the ocean he comes across a raft with the castaway Maxime du Touchais, the unworthy husband of Cécily the woman Chéri-Bibi loves. Taking the man's identity, Chéri-Bibi returns to France to seek revenge on those responsible for his fate and to seek a new future with Cécily.

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References

  1. Soister & Nicolella p.123
  2. Roust p.277

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