---
title: 'The Mandrake (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alberto Lattuada'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mandrake-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059424/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mandrake (1965)

1965 · 103 min · Comedy · France, Italy

Original title: La mandragola

## Synopsis

The Mandrake is a 1965 Franco-Italian co-production directed by Alberto Lattuada and based on the eponymous 16th-century play Niccolò Machiavelli. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alberto Lattuada](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-lattuada)
- **Screenplay:** [Alberto Lattuada](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-lattuada), [Luigi Magni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-magni)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gino Marinuzzi Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-marinuzzi-jr)
- **Producer:** [Alfredo Bini](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-bini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tonino Delli Colli](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonino-delli-colli)
- **Editor:** [Nino Baragli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-baragli)

## Cast

- [Philippe Leroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-leroy) as Callimaco
- [Jacques Herlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-herlin) as il frate predicatore
- [Luigi Leoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-leoni) as lo scrivano
- [Sergio Graziani](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-graziani)
- [Oreste Lionello](https://cinepixo.com/people/oreste-lionello)
- [Totò](https://cinepixo.com/people/toto) as Friar Timoteo
- [Rosanna Schiaffino](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosanna-schiaffino) as Lucrezia
- [Romolo Valli](https://cinepixo.com/people/romolo-valli) as Nicia
- [Jean-Claude Brialy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-brialy) as Ligurio
- [Mino Bellei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mino-bellei) as avventore dell'osteria
- [Armando Bandini](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-bandini) as Siro
- [Giuseppe Rinaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-rinaldi)
- [Nilla Pizzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nilla-pizzi) as Sostrata
- [Renato Montalbano](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-montalbano) as l'archeologo

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