Rocambole (1963)
Directed by Bernard Borderie

Action / Adventure / Crime / Fantasy

Film Synopsis

London, 1923. Rocambole puts in an appearance at a party at the German embassy. In Paris, Baron Keller is dining, as usual, with the star dancer of the Opéra Cléo, whom he intends to marry. But his plans go awary when a mysterious stranger appears, the Count de Chamery, alias Rocambole...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Bernard Borderie
  • Script: Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Fulvio Gicca Palli, Ugo Liberatore, Bernard Borderie, Gerald Devriès
  • Cinematographer: Angelo Lotti
  • Music: Giovanni Fusco
  • Cast: Channing Pollock (Rocambole), Edy Vessel (Cléo Santelli (singer)), Nadia Gray (Comtesse), Guy Delorme (Commissaire Agus), Alberto Lupo (Baron Rudolf Keller), Rik Battaglia (Conrad Von Berthold), Lilla Brignone (La Grande-Duchesse), Mino Doro (L'avocat de Chateau Medy), Giuseppe Porelli (Bijoutier Fouquet), Gaetano Quartararo (Un homme de Keller), Ettore Ribotta (Le Chef des guichetiers), Gianni Santuccio (Mister Smolling), Gianni Solaro (Le Grand-Duc), Benito Stefanelli (Fritz), Pietro Tordi (Le Préfet de police), Franco Volpi (D'Autin), Roberto Risso
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 95 min

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