Andrea Chénier, also spelled Andrea Chenier, is a 1955 French-Italian historical musical melodrama film directed by Clemente Fracassi and starring Antonella Lualdi, Raf Vallone and Michel Auclair. It is loosely based on the eponymous 1896 opera by Umberto Giordano about the eighteenth century poet André Chénier. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Flavio Mogherini and Franco Zeffirelli. It was shot using Technicolor and VistaVision.
Cast
Antonella Lualdi as Madeleine de Coigny
Raf Vallone as Gérard
Michel Auclair as Andrea Chénier
Rina Morelli as mother of Andrea
Sergio Tofano as Luigi Chénier
Denis d'Inès as Countess of Coigny
Mario Mariani as Maria Giuseppe Chenier
Denis d'Inès as Countess of Coigny
Piero Carnabuci as Count of Coigny
Maria Zanoli as housekeeper
Piero Carnabuci as count of Coigny
Franca Mazzoni as Countess of Coigny
Alfredo Bianchini as Incroyable
Michael Tor as English ambassador to Paris
Antonio Pierfederici as Robespierre
Franco Castellani as Danton
Marco Guglielmi as public prosecutor
Angelo Galassi as president of the court
Valeria Montesi as Idia Le Gray
Marianna Liebl as hunting lady
Claude Beauclair as Louis
Charles Fernley Fawcett as French ambassador to London
Catherine Valnay as Bersy
Nando Cicero