Figaro is a 1929 French silent historical comedy film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Ernst Van Duren, Arlette Marchal and Marie Bell. It is an adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels. It was released in 1929 in the US as a silent film, then reissued there in 1932 with an added music track, recorded by SpA Bixiophone, under the title IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA.
Cast
Ernst Van Duren as Figaro
Arlette Marchal as Rosine
Marie Bell as Suzanne
Léon Belières as Batholo
José Davert as Basile
Tony D'Algy as Le Comte Almaviva
Jean Weber as Chérubin
Odette Talazac as Marceline
Genica Missirio as Bogaerts
Roland Caillaux as Grippe-Soleil
References
Bibliography
Waldman, Harry & Slide, Anthony. Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995. Scarecrow Press, 1996.
External links
1929 films
1920s historical comedy films
French historical comedy films
French silent feature films
1920s French-language films
Films set in the 18th century
French films based on plays
Films directed by Gaston Ravel
Films directed by Tony Lekain
Films based on The Marriage of Figaro (play) Silent historical comedy films 1920s French films