---
title: 'Captain Fracasse (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pierre Gaspard-Huit'
released: '1961-04-21'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/captain-fracasse-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053695/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Captain Fracasse (1961)

1961 · 108 min · Adventure · France, Italy

Original title: Le Capitaine Fracasse

## Synopsis

Captain Fracasse is a 1961 French-Italian historical adventure film written and directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Jean Marais, Geneviève Grad and Gérard Barray. The scenario was based on the 1863 novel Captain Fracasse by Théophile Gautier. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location in the Forest of Rambouillet and the Château de Maintenon.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pierre Gaspard-Huit](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-gaspard-huit)
- **Screenplay:** [Pierre Gaspard-Huit](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-gaspard-huit), [Jean Cosmos](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-cosmos)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Van Parys](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-van-parys)
- **Producer:** [Adolphe Osso](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolphe-osso)
- **Director of Photography:** [Marcel Grignon](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-grignon)
- **Editor:** [Louisette Hautecoeur](https://cinepixo.com/people/louisette-hautecoeur)

## Cast

- [Jean Marais](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marais)
- [Sophie Grimaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-grimaldi)
- [Paul Mercey](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mercey)
- [Renée Passeur](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-passeur)
- [Geneviève Grad](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-grad)
- [Bernard Lajarrige](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-lajarrige)
- [Guy Delorme](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-delorme)
- [Jean Yonnel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-yonnel)
- [Christian Marin](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-marin)
- [Maurice Teynac](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-teynac)
- [Louis de Funès](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-de-funes)
- [Laure Paillette](https://cinepixo.com/people/laure-paillette)
- [Philippe Noiret](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-noiret)
- [Raoul Billerey](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-billerey)
- [Bernard Dhéran](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-dheran)

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