Paul Guers

Dirk Bogarde is perfectly cast as Sydney Carton in this masterly adaptation of Charles Dickens' French Revolution epic. Faithfully adapted from the novel, the film follows the fortunes of Carton, a disillusioned lawyer.

Andrea Artusi (Ugo Tognazzi) begins to have doubts about the loyalty of his beautiful wife, Maria Grazia (Claudia Cardinale). When doubt becomes an obsession, his behavior becomes completely crazy, stalking her relentlessly. Another great success of the Italian director Antonio Pietrangeli, also starring Bernard Blier, Salvo Randone and a cameo from Gian Maria Volonté.