Captain Fracasse

Captain Fracasse is a 1961 French-Italian swashbuckling adventure film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jean Cosmos. Adapted from Théophile Gautier's 1863 novel of the same name, it was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location in the Forest of Rambouillet and the Château de Maintenon.

The story follows the Baron de Sigognac, who shelters a troupe of travelling actors and, having fallen in love with the troupe's ingénue Isabelle, decides to leave with them. A fine swordsman turned performer for love, he takes the stage name "Captain Fracasse," but the Duke de Vallombreuse, his rival for Isabelle's affection, will stop at nothing to eliminate him and seize the young woman. Jean Marais stars alongside Geneviève Grad and Gérard Barray, with Louis de Funès appearing in a supporting role.