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Le Baron Fantôme (1943)
Director: Serge de Poligny
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From Time Out Film Guide
A film to delight those with a taste for the slightly rarefied pleasures of a French Gothic-pastoral plot featuring a vanishing nobleman (played by Cocteau, who also served as dialogue-writer), a tumbledown castle, hidden treasure, two pairs of sparkling lovers, a gamekeeper posing as the Dauphin... and much, much more. Making light of the distinction between fantasy and reality, the kaleidoscopic tale weaves through the gradations of French society in the 1830s. Distinguished by several impeccable classical performances, Dior costumes, ravishing filtered photography and a tone of benign whimsicality, this represents the cinema of fantasy as its best and most compelling.Author: JPy
Cast & crew
Director: Serge de Poligny
Producer: Robert Florat
Cast: Jany Holt, Odette Joyeux, Alain Cuny, Gabrielle Dorziat, Claude Sainval, Jean Cocteau, André Lefaur full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 100 mins
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