Manon Lescaut (1940)
February 2, 1940Release Date
Plot.
Manon escapes with the young nobleman Des Grieux, then becomes a high-class courtesan and finally forced to exile to America.
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Cast & Crew.
Alida Valli
Manon Lescaut
Vittorio De Sica
Renato Des Grieux
Lamberto Picasso
Il visconte Des Grieux
Dino Di Luca
Il sergente Lescaut
Giulio Donadio
Il marquese De Brienne
Jole Voleri
Musette
Carmine Gallone
Director
Guido Cantini
Writer
Lilia Dale
Denise
Andrea Checchi
Marius
Abbé Prévost
Writer
Anchise Brizzi
Cinematographer
Guglielmo Barnabò
Governor of New Orleans
Carlo Bressan
Edmond
Oswald Hafenrichter
Editor
Guido Fiorini
ProductionDesigner
Details.
Wiki.
Manon Lescaut is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Alida Valli, Vittorio De Sica and Lamberto Picasso. It is an adaptation of the Abbé Prévost's novel of the same title. The film was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome with sets designed by the art directors Ivo Battelli and Guido Fiorini.