Candide, or the Optimist of the Twentieth Century (1960)
- Original title
- Candide ou l’optimisme au XXᵉ siècle
- Directed by
- Norbert Carbonnaux
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man named Candide travels through the 20th century holding onto his teacher's belief that everything happens for the best. His adventures expose him to war, disaster, and hypocrisy.
wrysatiricalabsurdistpicaresquebriskplayfulironic
What happens
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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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