Rocambole (1948)

Rocambole is a French-Italian adventure film first released in 1948, directed by Jacques de Baroncelli.  The film is based on a novel by Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail and stars Pierre Brasseur, Sophie Desmarets, Lucien Nat, Robert Arnoux and Loredana.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


The likeable rogue Joseph Fippart, nicknamed Rocambole, is hired by Andréa, the head of a gang called the Jack of Hearts, to impersonate Arnaud, the young Count de Chamery.  The latter’s father has recently been poisoned by Andréa’s henchman Venture and Andréa plans to steal the vast inheritance that he has bequeathed to his son.  The whereabouts of the young count is unknown, although he can be identified by a medal he wears around his neck.  Jealous of the influence that Rocambole has on Andréa, Venture relates the whole story to Countess Artoff, an adventuress who has known Rocambole since childhood.   Having found Arnaud, the Countess intends to unmask Rocambole so that she can pocket a share of the inheritance.  Blissfully unaware of these developments, Arnaud is employed as the music teacher of Carmen, the daughter of the Marquis de Monteveccio.  What neither Rocambole nor the Countess Artoff know is that, many years ago, the former Count de Chamery and the Marquis had agreed that their children should marry one another...
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