Figaro | |
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Directed by | Tony Lekain Gaston Ravel |
Written by | Beaumarchais (play) Tony Lekain Gaston Ravel |
Starring | Ernst Van Duren Arlette Marchal Marie Bell |
Cinematography | Albert Duverger |
Production company | Franco Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | France |
Languages | Silent French intertitles |
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.[1] 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.