Michel Strogoff (1956 film)

Michel Strogoff is a 1956 historical adventure film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Curd Jürgens. It is based on 1876 novel of the same title by Jules Verne. Made as a co-production between several European nations, it was shot at the Kosutnjak Studios in Belgrade using CinemaScope.. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Léon Barsacq and Vlastimir Gavrik. Jürgens also appeared in a 1961 follow-up The Triumph of Michael Strogoff.

Michel Strogoff
Directed by	Carmine Gallone
Written by	Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Based on	Michel Strogoff by Jules Verne
Produced by	Emile Natan
Starring	Curd Jürgens Geneviève Page Sylva Koscina
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	Niccolò Lazzari Armand Ridel
Music by	Norbert Glanzberg
Production companies	Illiria Film Les Films Modernes Produzione Gallone Udruzenje Filmskih Umetnika Srbije
Distributed by	Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Release date	14 December 1956 (1956-12-14)
Running time	111 Minutes
Countries	France Italy West Germany Yugoslavia
Language	French
Box office	6,920,814 admissions (France)[1]

Synopsis

In the nineteenth century Imperial Russian forces are battling against Tartar forces at the city of Irkutsk. Tsar Alexander II sends Michel Strogoff as a courier to try and reach the besieged city, and he travels disguised as a merchant along with Nadia and two war correspondents.

Cast

• Curd Jürgens as Michael Strogoff
• Geneviève Page as Nadia
• Jacques Dacqmine as Grand duke
• Sylva Koscina as Gypsy woman
• Gérard Buhr as Blond
• Jean Parédès as Jolivet
• Valery Inkijinoff as Feofar Khan
• Françoise Fabian as Natko
• Henri Nassiet as Ivan Ogareff
• Sylvie as Marfa Strogoff
• Louis Arbessier as Czar
• Michel Etcheverryas General Krisloff
• Paul Demange as telegraph employee

Reception

It was the most popular movie of the year in France.^[1] An estimated seven million spectators passed through the box office to see it in the country.^[2]