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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Based on the classic novel "Candide" by Voltaire, but set in the World War II era. In this story, Candide, a young Westphalian born in the castle of Thunder-ten-tronckh, is driven out of the castle, and joins his tutor Pangloss and his girlfriend Cunegonde to find another world with no Bulgars, Avars, or Jews.

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Jean-Pierre Cassel
Candide
Pierre Brasseur
Pangloss
Daliah Lavi
Cunégonde

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