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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century(Movie, 1960)

Original title: "Candide ou l’optimisme au XXᵉ siècle" (French/FR)
1h 28min | Genre: Comedy
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th CenturyRating: 3.1/5 (with 66 votes)
Candide ou l'Optimisme du XXe siècle (English: Candide, or the Optimist of the Twentieth Century) is a 1960 French comedy drama film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and written by Carbonnaux and Albert Simonin. It stars Jean-Pierre Cassel as Candide, Pierre Brasseur as Pangloss, Louis de Funès as the officer of the Gestapo, and Daliah Lavi as Cunégonde. The film was released under the titles Candide (alternative French title; USA), Candide oder der Optimismus im 20. Jahrhundert (West Germany), Candide, avagy a XX. század optimizmusa (Hungary), and Kandyd czyli optymizm XX wieku (Poland). ()
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About Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

The film is a 20th-century adaptation of Voltaire's 1759 social satire novel Candide, ou l’Optimisme.

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Additional Information

Production country: France
Based on the work of: Voltaire ("Candide")
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 8 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/08/1962 (World premiere: 12/16/1960)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Candide ou l'Optimisme au XXe siècle"
"fakecandide"
"Candide"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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