The Marriage of Figaro

Plot Summary

Comedy in five acts by Beaumarchais, filmed by Marcel Bluwal in studio and on location. The cast, in accordance with Marcel Bluwal's wishes, is in keeping with the age and character of the characters, to give it rhythm. At once "a comic baroque play, a bourgeois drama, a chansonnier's number, a social satire, a farce and a very pretty love story" according to Marcel Bluwal, it can also be summed up, according to Beaumarchais, as "the most bantering of intrigues".

Top Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel Figaro

Jean Rochefort Le comte Almaviva

Anouk Ferjac La comtesse

Anne Doat Suzanne

Marcelle Arnold Marceline