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. 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.
Cast
Jean Richard as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
Lea Padovani as La Comtesse
Arnoldo Foà as Le Kanak
Danielle Godet as Cécily du Touchais
Raymond Bussières as La Ficelle
Carlo Ninchi as Le Commandant
Andrée Servilanges as Jacqueline
Albert Préjean as Inspecteur Costaud
Memmo Carotenuto as Faccia di bronzo
Ubaldo Lay as Conte Ponte-Marie
Nino Vingelli as Palla di Gomma
Gino Scotti as Piccolo Santo
Erminio Spalla as Il rosso
Nietta Zocchi as La governante
Raf Pindi as Secondo ufficiale
See also
The Phantom of Paris, a 1931 film
Chéri-Bibi, a 1938 film
Chéri-Bibi, a 1974 TV series
References
Bibliography
Roust, Colin Thomas. Sounding French: The Film Music and Criticism of Georges Auric, 1919-1945. University of Michigan, 2007. Soister, John T. & Nicolella, Henry. Down from the Attic: Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950s. McFarland, 2016.
External links
1955 films
1950s drama films
French drama films
Italian drama films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Marcello Pagliero
Films based on French novels
1950s French films
1950s Italian films
Films set in Paris
Films shot in Paris
Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
Films based on works by Gaston Leroux
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