Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)

Comedy

Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is forced to take German nationality and ends up guarding the camp where he was imprisoned. He crossed into Switzerland, but as he had no bank account, he was incarcerated for eight days for trespassing. Hunted by the Gestapo, he kills two men to free Cunégonde, who has finally been found. They both flee to Argentina, and their world tour begins. In Paris, Moscow, New York, Borneo and Alexandria. They try to follow Dr. Pangloss' optimistic rule of life. Tossed about, separated, they find themselves grown old and wiser, thinking only of cultivating their garden on the shores of the Mediterranean.

Director: Norbert Carbonnaux

Casts

	Jean-Pierre Cassel as Candide
	Daliah Lavi as Cunégonde
	Pierre Brasseur as Pangloss
	Louis de Funès as Officier de la Gestapo
	Michel Simon as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
	Jean Poiret as Le premier policier / Policeman
	Michel Serrault as Le second policier / Policeman
	Jean Tissier as Le docteur Jacques
	Luis Mariano as Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator
	Nadia Gray as La dame de compagnie / Dame
	Mathilde Casadesus as La baronne de Thunder-Ten-Tronck
	Darío Moreno as Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator
	Clément Duhour as
	Jacqueline Maillan as Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
	Jacques Balutin as L'ordonnance
	Jean Richard as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
	Albert Simonin as Le major Simpson / Major Simpson
	Robert Manuel as German Officer
	Jean Constantin as Fourak
	Michèle Verez as Pâquette
	Harold Kay as German Officer
	O'Dett as Le baron de Thunder-Ten-Tronck
	John William as Le chef des Oreillons
	Don Ziegler as Le papa gangster / American Father
	François Chalais as Narrator (voice)
	Dominique Just as
	Maurice Biraud as Le résident hollandais (uncredited)
	Pierre Repp as Le pasteur (uncredited)
	Mireille Alcon as Une dame du harem (uncredited)
	Sybil Saulnier as Une dame du harem (uncredited)
	Danièle Tessier as Une dame du harem (uncredited)
	Habib Benglia as Le noir molesté (uncredited)
	Michel Garland as Le frère de Cunégonde (uncredited)
	Gib Grossac as Le chef des eunuques (uncredited)
	Marcel Journet as (uncredited)
	Alice Sapritch as La soeur du baron (uncredited)
	Edy Sylvian as Petit rôle (uncredited)
	Michel Thomass as Le chauffeur russe de Pangloss (uncredited)

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