Adventures of the Barber of Seville

1954 film

7 May 1954 (1954-05-07)

Running time

92 minutesCountriesFrance
SpainLanguageSpanish

Adventures of the Barber of Seville (French: L'aventurier de Séville, Spanish: Aventuras del barbero de Sevilla) is a 1954 French-Spanish comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Luis Mariano, Lolita Sevilla and Danielle Godet. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

Figaro, a singing barber, gets caught by some bandits who use his abilities to attract travelers and assault them. To escape justice he joins the army. Meanwhile, the bandits are all captured where the authorities give them a stark choice - death by garrote or join the army. Both the bandits and Figaro end up serving in the same military company. They are shipped to Puerto Rico and fight pirates, returning to Spain with acclaim. Now he will know the rich salons and the bright side of life.

Cast

Luis Mariano as Fígaro
Lolita Sevilla as Pepilla
Danielle Godet as Rosina
José Isbert as Don Faustino
Emma Penella as Duquesa de San Tirso
Miguel Gila as Sargento
Jean Galland as Don Bartolo
Juan Calvo as El Cartujano
José María Rodero as Conde de Almaviva
Fernando Sancho as Sir Albert
Pierre Cour as Mellao
Antonio Riquelme as Cabo de alguaciles
Mariano Asquerino as L'Amiral
Raúl Cancio as Rubio
Carmen Sánchez as Doña Rosa
Joaquín Roa as Bandido novato
Carlos Díaz de Mendoza as Capitán
Antonio Padilla as Saltamontes
José Gómiz as Educao
Juanita Azores as Señora en la barbería (as Juana Azores)
Luis Rivera as Señor en la barbería
Emilio Santiago as Barbero 2º
Ángel Álvarez as Dueño de la posada

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: Adventures of the Barber of Seville". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2009.

External links

Adventures of the Barber of Seville at IMDb

Pierre Beaumarchais's Figaro Trilogy

The Barber of Seville

Stage	Il barbiere di Siviglia (Paisiello, 1782 opera) The Barber of Seville (Rossini, 1816 opera)
Music	"Largo al factotum" The Barber of Seville discography
Film	The Barber of Seville (1904) The Barber of Seville (1938) The Barber of Seville (1947) Le Barbier de Séville (1948) Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954)
Shorts and animation	Our Gang Follies of 1938 The Barber of Seville (Woody Woodpecker, 1944) Rabbit of Seville (Bugs Bunny, 1950) Magical Maestro (1952) The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (Tom and Jerry, 1964)
Related	"The Barber" (1993)

The Marriage of Figaro

Stage	The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart, 1786 opera) The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro (2004 musical)
Music	"Se vuol ballare" "Non più andrai" "Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto" The Marriage of Figaro discography
Film	The Marriage of Figaro (1920) Figaro (1929) The Marriage of Figaro (1949) The Marriage of Figaro (1960)
Related	Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni (Liszt)

The Guilty Mother

Opera	La mère coupable (Milhaud, 1966) The Ghosts of Versailles (Corigliano, 1991)

Opera	I due Figaro (Carafa, 1820) I due Figaro (Mercadante, 1835) Figaro läßt sich scheiden (Klebe, 1963) The Abduction of Figaro (Schickele, 1984) Figaro Gets a Divorce (Langer, 2016)

v t e Films directed by Ladislao Vajda
Where Is This Lady? (1932) Hello, Budapest! (1935) Wings Over Africa (1936) The Man Under the Bridge (1936) Sensation (1936) Three Dragons (1936) The Wife of General Ling (1937) The Borrowed Castle (1937) My Daughter Is Different (1937) Black Diamonds (1938) Rézi Friday (1938) Magda Expelled (1938) A Palace for Sale (1942) Three Mirrors (1947) Call of the Blood (1948) Golden Madonna (1949) The Woman with No Name (1950) The Seventh Page (1951) Spanish Serenade (1952) Doña Francisquita (1952) Condemned to Hang (1953) Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954) Miracle of Marcelino (1955) Afternoon of the Bulls (1956) Uncle Hyacynth (1956) The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959) The Shadows Grow Longer (1961) The Lightship (1963) A Nearly Decent Girl (1963)

Films directed by Ladislao Vajda