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Lucrèce Borgia

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Lucrèce Borgia
Directed byChristian-Jaque
Written byChristian-Jaque
Cécil Saint-Laurent
Jacques Sigurd
(dialogue & screenplay)
Produced byAlexandre Mnouchkine
Angelo Rizzoli
Francis Cosne
Georges Dancigers
Georges Lourau
StarringMartine Carol
Pedro Armendáriz
CinematographyChristian Matras
Edited byJacques Desagneaux
Music byMaurice Thiriet
Release dates
  • 23 October 1953 (1953-10-23) (France)
  • 1 December 1953 (1953-12-01) (Italy)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageFrench
Box office$366,000[1]

Lucrèce Borgia (also known as Lucretia Borgia or Sins of the Borgias) is a 1953 French drama film starring Martine Carol and Pedro Armendáriz. The film was directed by Christian-Jaque, who co-wrote screenplay with Cécil Saint-Laurent and Jacques Sigurd, based on a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. The film tells the story of the Borgia family of Italy during the Renaissance.

It was released on DVD in the US on May 26, 2009.[2]

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Notes

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  1. ^ "French Films 52% of French Market". Variety. 19 January 1955. p. 12.
  2. ^ "Lucrèce Borgia". Amazon.com. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
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