Summary
Having failed to rob the Count de Chamery of his inheritance, the
villain Andréa only just manages to escape death. Although
blind and disfigured, he appears to harbour no ill feelings towards his
former associate Rocambole. In truth, he is a bitter man and
plans to blackmail Rocambole through a letter which he signed when he
agreed to work for Andréa. Realising Andréa’s
intentions, Rocambole acts swiftly and puts him out of the way once and
for all. However, Venture, Andréa’s henchman, manages to
steal the letter and takes it to Countess Artoff, alias Baccarat, who
immediately denounces Rocambole to the Marquis de Monteveccio.
The Countess attempts to expose Rocambole by confronting him with his
mother, but her scheme fails when Madame Fippart pretends not to
recognise her son and Rocambole contrives a story to acquit
himself. Undeterred, the Countess leaves for Constantinople with
her husband to look for Major Gordon, the one person who can identify
the real Count de Chamery...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Jacques de Baroncelli
- Script: André-Paul Antoine, Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail (novel), Léon Roth
- Photo: Léonce-Henri Burel, Giuseppe Caracciolo
- Music: Renzo Rossellini
- Cast: Pierre Brasseur (Joseph Flippart dit ’Rocambole’), Sophie Desmarets (La comtesse Artoff dite ’Baccarat’), Lucien Nat (Andrea), Robert Arnoux (Venture), Loredana (Carmen de Montevecchio), Roland Armontel, Marcel Delaître (Le docteur Blanche), Carla Candiani (Fanny), Vittorio Sanipoli (Arnaud, comte de Chamery), Ernesto Sabbatini (Le marquis de Montevecchio), Ginette Roy (Cerise)
- Country: France / Italy
- Language: French
- Runtime: 95 min; B&W
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