The Adventures of Gil Blas

The Adventures of Gil Blas
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Directed by	René Jolivet Ricardo Muñoz Suay
Written by	Jesús María de Arozamena René Jolivet
Based on	Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage
Produced by	Benito Perojo Jean Lefait Raymond Logeart
Starring	Georges Marchal Barbara Laage Susana Canales
Cinematography	Antonio L. Ballesteros Roger Fellous
Edited by	André Gaudier Antonio Ramírez de Loaysa
Music by	Augusto Algueró Daniel Lesur
Production companies	Vascos Films Producciones Benito Perojo
Distributed by	Les Films Fernand Rivers CEA Distribución
Release date	6 April 1956 (1956-04-06)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France Spain
Language	French

The Adventures of Gil Blas (French: Les Aventures de Gil Blas de Santillane, Spanish: Una aventura de Gil Blas) is a 1956 French–Spanish adventure film directed by René Jolivet and Ricardo Muñoz Suay and starring Georges Marchal, Barbara Laage and Susana Canales. It is based on the eighteenth century novel Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Sigfrido Burmann and René Hubert.

Cast

• Georges Marchal as Gil Blas de Santillane
• Barbara Laage as Antonia Caldera
• Susana Canales as Doña Caldera Mencia
• Jacques Castelot as Marquis de Mosquera
• Marthe Mercadier as Serafina
• Antonio Riquelme as Dr. Sangrado
• Georgette Anys as Maria
• Jean Lefebvre as Scipion
• Claude May as Camille
• Fernando Rey as Capitaine Rolando
• Claire Maurier as Paquita
• Carlos Larrañaga as Le Prince
• Alexandre Rignault as L'aubergiste
• Paul Demange as Lamela
• Paul Préboist as Un homme de l'escorte

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

The Adventures of Gil Blas at IMDb