Manon Lescaut (1940)
1h 32m
Running Time
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
Giulio Donadio
Il marquese De Brienne
Dino Di Luca
Il sergente Lescaut
Jole Voleri
Musette
Lilia Dale
Denise
Andrea Checchi
Marius
Guglielmo Barnabò
Governor of New Orleans
Carlo Bressan
Edmond
Aroldo Tieri
De Brienne's Secretary
Oreste Fares
the chaplain
Guido Cantini
Writer
Amina Pirani Maggi
noble gossiping
Lola Braccini
the director
Abbé Prévost
Writer
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.