Lucrèce Borgia

1953 film by Christian-Jaque
  • 23 October 1953 (1953-10-23) (France)
  • 1 December 1953 (1953-12-01) (Italy)
Running time
120 minutesCountriesItaly
FranceLanguageFrenchBox office$366,000[1]

Lucrèce Borgia (also known as Lucretia Borgia or Sins of the Borgias) is a 1953 French drama film starring Martine Carol and Pedro Armendáriz. The film was directed by Christian-Jaque, who co-wrote screenplay with Cécil Saint-Laurent and Jacques Sigurd, based on a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. The film tells the story of the Borgia family of Italy during the Renaissance.

It was released on DVD in the US on May 26, 2009.[2]

Cast

  • Martine Carol – Lucrece Borgia
  • Pedro Armendáriz – Cesar Borgia
  • Massimo Serato – Duke of Aragon
  • Valentine Tessier – Julie Farmesa
  • Louis Seigner – Mage, Soothsayer
  • Arnoldo Foà – Micheletto
  • Christian Marquand – Paolo
  • Tania Fédor – Vanna
  • Georges Lannes – Ambassador
  • Maurice Ronet – Perott

Notes

  1. ^ "French Films 52% of French Market". Variety. 19 January 1955. p. 12.
  2. ^ "Lucrèce Borgia". Amazon.com. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.

External links

  • Lucrèce Borgia at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Lucrèce Borgia at AllMovie
  • Lucrèce Borgia at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
  • Lucrèce Borgia at filmsdefrance.com
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