The Adventures of Mandrin

The Adventures of Mandrin
The Adventures of Mandrin
	American poster
Directed by	Mario Soldati
Written by	Giorgio Bassani ; Augusto Frassinetti ; Vittorio Nino Novarese ; Mario Soldati
Produced by	Jacques Bar ; Niccolò Theodoli
Starring	Raf Vallone ; Silvana Pampanini ; Jacques Castelot
Cinematography	Mario Montuori
Edited by	Roberto Cinquini
Music by	Mario Nascimbene
Production; companies	Cormoran Films ; Industrie Cinematografiche Sociali
Distributed by	Sonofilm ; Republic Pictures (US)
Release date	8 March 1952;
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	France ; Italy
Language	Italian

The Adventures of Mandrin (Italian: Le Avventure di Mandrin) is a 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Raf Vallone, Silvana Pampanini and Jacques Castelot.^[1] It was released under a variety of alternative titles including Don Juan's Night of Love in America and The Affair of Madame Pompadour in Britain.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. On its release it earned around 194 million lira at the Italian box office.^[2]

Synopsis

During the reign of Louis XV of France the smuggler and brigand Louis Mandrin leads defiance of the government's harsh tax-collecting efforts.

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