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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)

Comedy
Release Date: 1960, December 16
Directors: Norbert Carbonnaux
Countries: France
Production: Courts et Longs Métrages (C.L.M.), Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
Cast: Maurice Biraud, Daliah Lavi, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Alice Sapritch, Louis de Funès, Nadia Gray, Michel Thomass, Michel Serrault, Pierre Repp, Darío Moreno, Michel Simon, Jacques Balutin

Overview:

Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is forced to take German nationality and ends up guarding the camp where he was imprisoned. He crossed into Switzerland, but as he had no bank account, he was incarcerated for eight days for trespassing. Hunted by the Gestapo, he kills two men to free Cunégonde, who has finally been found. They both flee to Argentina, and their world tour begins. In Paris, Moscow, New York, Borneo and Alexandria. They try to follow Dr. Pangloss' optimistic rule of life. Tossed about, separated, they find themselves grown old and wiser, thinking only of cultivating their garden on the shores of the Mediterranean.