The Two Orphans (1954 film)

The Two Orphans
Film poster
Directed by	Giacomo Gentilomo
Written by	Adolphe d'Ennery (play) Eugène Cormon (play) Yves Mirande Filippo Sanjust
Produced by	Robert Chabert Angelo Rizzoli
Starring	Myriam Bru Milly Vitale André Luguet
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi
Edited by	Elsa Dubbini
Music by	Nino Rota
Production companies	Rizzoli Film Francinex
Release dates	16 December 1954 (1954-12-16) (Italy) 13 July 1955 (1955-07-13) (France)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Languages	Italian French

The Two Orphans (Italian:Le due orfanelle) is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Myriam Bru, Milly Vitale and André Luguet.[1] It is based on the 1874 play The Two Orphans by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon, one of a large number of film adaptations. It was shot in eastmancolor, with sets designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.

Cast

• Myriam Bru as Henriette Gérard
• Milly Vitale as Louise
• André Luguet as Count de Linières
• Franco Interlenghi as Knight Roger de Vaudrey
• Jacques Castelot as Marquis de Presles
• Gabrielle Dorziat as La Frochard
• Andrea Checchi as Captain Marrest
• Adriana Benetti as Thérèse, the mother
• Mirko Ellis as Jacques Frochard
• Bianca Maria Fusari as Marianne Vauthier
• Giuseppe Porelli as The duke at the party
• Paolo Poli as Pierre Frochard
• Sandro Ruffini as Doctor Martin
• Alessandro Fersen as Michel Gérard - the father
• Miranda Campa as The Mother Superior
• Carlo Duse
• Nadia Gray as Diane de Vaudrey - countess de Linières
• Charles Fawcett
• Ileana Lauro
• Franco Fantasia as Roger de Vaudrey's Friend
• Hedda Linton
• Andreina Zani
• Sue Ellen Blake as Prostitute in jail
• Alberto Farnese

See also

• The Two Orphans (1915)
• Orphans of the Storm (1921)
• The Two Orphans (1933)
• The Two Orphans (1942)
• The Two Orphans (1965)
• The Two Orphans (1976)

References

1. Klossner p.119

Bibliography

• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television. McFarland, 2002.

External links

• The Two Orphans at IMDb