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Candide

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Original title

Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle

Year

1960

Running time

88 min.

Country

France

Director

Norbert Carbonnaux

Screenwriter

Norbert Carbonnaux, Albert Simonin. Novel: Voltaire

Cast

Music

Hubert Rostaing

Cinematography

Robert Lefebvre (B&W)

Producer

Courts et Longs Métrages (CLM), Société Nouvelle Pathé

Genre

Comedy | 1940s

Synopsis

Based on the classic novel "Candide" by Voltaire, but set in the World War II era. In this story, Candide, a young Westphalian born in the castle of Thunder-ten-tronckh, is driven out of the castle, and joins his tutor Pangloss and his girlfriend Cunegonde to find another world with no Bulgars, Avars, or Jews. Written by Ricky Khoury

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Candide

1960

Norbert Carbonnaux