Ruy Blas
Directed by	Pierre Billon
Screenplay by	Jean Cocteau
Based on	Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo
Produced by	Georges Legrand Nino Martegani André Paulvé
Starring	Danielle Darrieux Jean Marais Marcel Herrand
Cinematography	Michel Kelber
Edited by	Maurice Serein
Music by	Georges Auric
Production companies	Films André Paulvé Productions Georges Legrand Martegani Produzione
Distributed by	DisCina Atlantis Film
Release date	15 February 1948 (1948-02-15)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French
Box office	2,453,187 admissions (France) [1]

Ruy Blas is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais and Marcel Herrand. The screenplay was written by Jean Cocteau based on the 1838 play of the same title by Victor Hugo. ^[1] It was shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and on location at Cassis in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.

Cast

• Danielle Darrieux as La reine d'Espagne Marie de Neubourg
• Jean Marais as Ruy Blas / Don César de Bazan
• Marcel Herrand as Le marquis Don Salluste de Bazan
• Gabrielle Dorziat as La duchesse d'Albuquerque
• Alexandre Rignault as Goulatromba
• Giovanni Grasso as Don Gaspar Guritan
• Paul Amiot as Le marquis de Santa Cruz
• Jone Salinas as Casilda, la servante
• Gilles Quéant as Le duc d'Albe
• Jacques Berlioz as Un ministre
• Charles Lemontier as Le comte de Camporeal
• Pierre Magnier as Le marquis de Priego
• Armand Lurville as L'archevêque

See also

• Delusions of Grandeur (1971)

References

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944. Gremese Editore, 2005.
• Tolton, C.D.E. The Cinema of Jean Cocteau: Essays on His Films and Their Coctelian Sources. Legas, 1998.

External links

• Ruy Blas at IMDb
• Review of film at New York Times

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