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title: 'Candide, or the Optimist of the Twentieth Century (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norbert Carbonnaux'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/candide-or-the-optimist-of-the-twentieth-century-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054719/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Candide, or the Optimist of the Twentieth Century (1960)

1960 · 88 min · Drama, Comedy · France

Original title: Candide ou l'Optimisme au XXe siècle

## Synopsis

Candide ou l'Optimisme du XXe siècle is a 1960 French comedy drama film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and written by Carbonnaux and Albert Simonin. It stars Jean-Pierre Cassel as Candide, Pierre Brasseur as Pangloss, Louis de Funès as the officer of the Gestapo, and Daliah Lavi as Cunégonde. The film was released under the titles Candide, Candide oder der Optimismus im 20. Jahrhundert, Candide, avagy a XX. század optimizmusa (Hungary), and Kandyd czyli optymizm XX wieku (Poland).

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Albert Simonin](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-simonin), [Norbert Carbonnaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-carbonnaux)
- **Director:** [Norbert Carbonnaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-carbonnaux)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hubert Rostaing](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-rostaing)

## Cast

- [Pierre Repp](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-repp)
- [Michel Garland](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-garland)
- [Jean Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-richard)
- [Luis Mariano](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-mariano)
- [François Chalais](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-chalais)
- [Albert Simonin](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-simonin)
- [Jean Tissier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-tissier)
- [Don Ziegler](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-ziegler)
- [Nadia Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadia-gray)
- [Pierre Brasseur](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-brasseur)
- [Harold Kay](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-kay)
- [Daliah Lavi](https://cinepixo.com/people/daliah-lavi)
- [Marcel Journet](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-journet)
- [Jean Constantin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-constantin)
- [Habib Benglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/habib-benglia)

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