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1952 Drama Romance 1h 26m

Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter

After discovering a fragment of a Phoenician amphora while in Corsica, 25-year-old scuba diver Gerard goes hunting for a treasure Troilus is alleged to have lost in the sea following the Peloponnesian War. His meeting with the lightkeeper's beautiful daughter Manina jeopardises his goals.

5.4 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Brigitte Bardot

Manina

Jean-François Calvé

Gérard Morère

Howard Vernon

Éric

Espanita Cortez

'La Franchucha'

Robert Arnoux

Mr. Moulon / Purzel

Raymond Cordy

Francis, bartender

Paulette Andrieux

Gérard's friend

Henry Djanik

Marcel, Eric's second

Jean Droze

Gérard's friend

Nadine Tallier

Mathilda

Maurice Bénard

Professor Berthet

Irène Hilda

Franchucha's singing (voice)

Danielle Verne

Fighting woman

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