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Michel Strogoff (1956 film)

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Michel Strogoff
Directed byCarmine Gallone
Written byMarc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Based onMichel Strogoff by Jules Verne
Produced byEmile Natan
StarringCurd Jürgens
Geneviève Page
Sylva Koscina
CinematographyRobert Lefebvre
Edited byNiccolò Lazzari
Armand Ridel
Music byNorbert Glanzberg
Production
companies
Illiria Film
Les Films Modernes
Produzione Gallone
Udruzenje Filmskih Umetnika Srbije
Distributed byCompagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Release date
  • 14 December 1956 (1956-12-14)
Running time
111 Minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
West Germany
Yugoslavia
LanguageFrench
Box office6,920,814 admissions (France)[1]

Michel Strogoff is a 1956 historical adventure film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Curd Jürgens. It is based on 1876 novel of the same title by Jules Verne. Made as a co-production between several European nations, it was shot at the Kosutnjak Studios in Belgrade using CinemaScope.. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Léon Barsacq and Vlastimir Gavrik. Jürgens also appeared in a 1961 follow-up The Triumph of Michael Strogoff.

Synopsis

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In the nineteenth century Imperial Russian forces are battling against Tartar forces at the city of Irkutsk. Tsar Alexander II sends Michel Strogoff as a courier to try and reach the besieged city, and he travels disguised as a merchant along with Nadia and two war correspondents.

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Reception

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It was the most popular movie of the year in France.[1] An estimated seven million spectators passed through the box office to see it in the country.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Box office information for 1956 at Box Office Story
  2. ^ Hayward p.33

Bibliography

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  • Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.
  • Schiltz, Francoise. The Future Revisited: Jules Verne on Screen in 1950s America. Andrews UK Limited, 2012.
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