Lucrezia Borgia (1935 film)

Lucrezia Borgia
Directed by	Abel Gance
Written by	Léopold Marchand Henri Vendresse
Based on	Lukrezia Borgia by Alfred Schirokauer
Produced by	Robert Bossis Bob Faure Paul Madeux Henri Ullmann
Starring	Edwige Feuillère Gabriel Gabrio Maurice Escande Roger Karl
Cinematography	Roger Hubert
Edited by	Roger Mercanton
Music by	Marcel Lattès
Production companies	Compagnie du Cinema La Magie du Cinéma
Distributed by	Héraut Film
Release date	20 December 1935 (1935-12-20)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Lucrezia Borgia (French: Lucrèce Borgia) is a 1935 French historical film directed by Abel Gance and starring Edwige Feuillère, Gabriel Gabrio and Maurice Escande.^[1] It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux. Feuillère's performance was widely acclaimed by critics, and significantly boosted her career.^[2]

The scheming Cesar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander, plans to marry his sister Lucrezia off to boost his own power in Italy. However, she has her own ideas.

• Edwige Feuillère as Lucrezia Borgia
• Gabriel Gabrio as Cesar Borgia
• Maurice Escande as Jean Borgia, Duke of Gandie
• Roger Karl as Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI
• Aimé Clariond as Niccolò Machiavelli
• Philippe Hériat as Filippo, sculptor-lover
• Jacques Dumesnil as Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
• Max Michel as Alfonse de Aragon
• Louis Eymond as Capt. Mario, officer-lover
• Jean Fay as Tybald
• René Bergeron as Pietro
• Gaston Modot as Fracassa
• Antonin Artaud as Girolamo Savonarola
• Marcel Chabrier as Un moine - l'envoyé de Savonarole
• Georges Prieur as Baron de Villeneuve
• Louis Perdoux as Carlo
• Yvonne Drines as Flamette
• Mona Dol as La Vespa
• Jeannine Fromentin as La Malatesta
• Josette Day as Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
• Daniel Mendaille as Micheletto, chief henchman

• Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
• Oscherwitz, Dayna Higgins, Maryellen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• Lucrezia Borgia at IMDb

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