Anthony Adverse (1936)

movie

(2026)

Country: USA
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Release: 1936-08-29
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Writers: Hervey Allen , Sheridan Gibney
Language: English | Italian
Stars: Fredric March , Olivia de Havilland , Donald Woods , Anita Louise , Edmund Gwenn , Claude Rains , Louis Hayward , Gale Sondergaard (1899–1985) , Steffi Duna , Billy Mauch
Runtime: 141 min
Awards: Won 4 Oscars. 4 wins & 3 nominations total
AKA: Anthony Adverse (Sweden) , Adversidade (Brazil) , 風雲児アドヴァース (Japan) , Anthony Adverse (United Kingdom) , Avorio nero (Italy) , Anthony Adverse , Anthony Adverse (Denmark) , Anthony Adverse (Hungary) , Anthony Adverse (India) , El caballero Adverse (Spain) , Anthony Adverse (Canada) , Fûunji Adovâsu (Japan) , Гонимые судьбой , Antonio Adverso (Greece) , Антони-неудачник , Ein rastloses Leben (Germany) , Anthony Adverse (Turkey) , Carev pustolov , Anthony Adverse (United States of America) , Anthony Adverse (Belgium) , El caballero Adverse (Venezuela) , Anthony Adverse (Benin) , Anthony Adverse (France, French Republic) , Adversidade (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Äventyraren Anthony Adverse (Sweden) , El caballero Adverse (Argentina) , Anthony Adverse, marchand d'esclaves (France, French Republic) , Anthony Adverse (Austria)
Plot: In late 18th century Italy, a beautiful young woman finds herself married to a rich but cruel older man. However, she is in love with another, younger man. When the husband finds out, he kills the lover in a swordfight, and takes his wife on a long trip throughout Europe. Months later, she dies giving birth to a son. The husband leaves the child at a convent, where he is raised until the age of 10; then he is apprenticed to a local merchant, who gives him the name "Anthony Adverse" because of the adversity in his life. But his adversity has only begun, as fate takes him to Cuba, Africa, and Paris.
IMDB:tt0027300