Candide
Cast & Crew
Norbert Carbonnaux
Jean-pierre Cassel
Dahlia Lavi
Pierre Brasseur
Nadia Gray
Michel Simon
Film Details
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Synopsis
Reared in the chateau of a baron who manufactures antique helmets, the orphan Candide is brought up by his tutor, Pangloss, to believe that he is living in "the best of all possible worlds." Candide falls in love with the baron's daughter, Cunegonde, and is thrown out of the house when her father surprises them in an innocent kiss. War breaks out in 1939, and Candide is called into the army. Captured by the Germans, he escapes to Switzerland and becomes a member of the International Red Cross. After smuggling Pangloss out of a concentration camp, Candide is rescued from a firing squad by a mysterious lady who reunites him with his beloved Cunegonde, now being shared by a Gestapo officer and a black marketeer. Candide kills the officer, and the lovers flee to South America to remain there through a series of revolutions before returning to France. Back home, Candide is acclaimed a hero for murdering the Gestapo officer, but Cunegonde is condemned as a Nazi collaborator. Candide secures her release through blackmail and travels to Indonesia (where he escapes from native guerillas) and Moscow (where he accidentally precipitates a missile conflict between the United States and the U.S.S.R.). He next visits America, becomes involved in a racial clash, and is quickly married and divorced. Once back in France, he is reunited with Cunegonde, Pangloss, and the mysterious lady. They all retire to a country house where Pangloss persuades Candide to write his memoirs on this best of all possible worlds.
Director
Norbert Carbonnaux
Cast
Jean-pierre Cassel
Dahlia Lavi
Pierre Brasseur
Nadia Gray
Michel Simon
Jean Richard
Louis De Funès
Poiret And Serrault
Robert Manuel
Jean Tissier
Tino Rossi
Luis Mariano
Dario Moreno
Jean Constantin
Albert Simonin
Jacqueline Maillan
Don Ziegler
John William
Harold Kay
Mathilde Casadesus
Michel Garland
Michèle Verez
O'det
Crew
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Trivia
Notes
Released in Paris in December 1960 as Candide, ou l'optimisme au XX#SUe#BS siècle.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 19, 1962
Released in United States Fall November 19, 1962
