Mr. Arkadin (1955)


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Mr. Arkadin (1955)

Post by PeplumParadise » 13/06/2025, 14:30

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Director

Orson Welles - also credited as Producer and for Story and Screenplay. Uncredited as Editor, Art Director and Costume designer

Storyline

Guy Van Stratten is a two-bit cigarette smuggler minding his own business in Italy when he encounters a dying man named Bracco who tells Guy and his girlfriend Mily a secret that will make them rich beyond their wildest dreams. Problem is, Guy’s dreams are pretty wild, and he parlays this secret into a meeting with the beautiful Raina, who happens to be the daughter of the enigmatic multi-millionaire Gregory Arkadin, who also happens to be the subject of Bracco’s death-bed secret. Arkadin has a job in mind for Guy, he wants him to investigate the true origins of a man named... Gregory Arkadin. You see, Mr. Arkadin is so mysterious he doesn't know his own past, remembering nothing before a day in 1927 when he was wearing a suit and clutching 200,000 Swiss francs. I told you this was going to take some explaining. Guy isn't sure if Arkadin's amnesia is real or faked, but then the subjects he interviews start dying off, he has little time to worry about anything besides saving his own skin. (from DVD Blu review)

Cast

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Mr. Arkadin (1955)

Post by PeplumParadise » 14/06/2025, 18:41

Cast

Actors credited in the English version, in credit order.

There are reportedly 9 different edits of this film. The 7 English/international versions all contain the same credits and more or less the same footage edited in different orders.

There are also 2 Spanish language versions which contain an amount of different footage including 2 credited actors from the English versions being replaced with Spanish actors. I have listed the Spanish credits separately below.

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Orson Welles
as Gregory Arkadin

in order of appearance
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Akim Tamiroff
as Jakob Zouk

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Grégoire Aslan
as Bracco

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Patricia Medina
as Milly

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Jack Watling
as Marquis of Rutleigh

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Mischa Auer
as The Professor

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Peter van Eyck
as Thaddeus

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Michael Redgrave
as Burgomil Trebitsch

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Suzanne Flon
as Baroness Nagel
Does not appear in the Spanish versions

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Frédéric O'Brady
(credited as "O'Brady")
as Oscar

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Katina Paxinou
as Sophie
Does not appear in the Spanish versions

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Tamara Shane
as Woman in the apartment with Zouk

and introducing...
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Paola Mori
as Raina Arkadin

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Robert Arden
(credited as "Robert Harden" in the Spanish credits)
as Guy Van Stratten

with
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Terence Longdon
(credited as "Terence Langdon")
as Arkadin's secretary
Not listed in the Spanish credits

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Annabel Buffet
(credited as "Annabel")
as Parisian woman with bread
Not listed in the Spanish credits

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Gert Fröbe
as Munich Policeman
Not listed in the Spanish credits

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Eduard Linkers
(credited as "Eduard Linker")
as Munich Policeman
Not listed in the Spanish credits

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Manuel Requena
as General Martinez

Spanish versions
The Spanish credits are distinctively different from the international credits. They include 2 Spanish actresses who replaced the actresses in roles from the international versions, omit 4 non-Spanish actors credited in other versions and include extensive credits for Spanish actors who appear in minor roles who do not appear in the international credits.

I have only listed the actors here who do not appear in the international credits, in credit order.

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Amparo Rivelles
as Baroness Nagel
Does not appear in the international versions

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Irene López Heredia
as Sophie
Does not appear in the international versions

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Gustavo Ré
as Police officer at Naples port

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Emilio Ruiz
Unidentified

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Jacinto San Emeterio
Unidentified

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Gary Land
Unidentified

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Sergio Orta
as Chef

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José Talavera
Unidentified

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Arcadio Ochoa
Unidentified

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Mateo Guitart
Unidentified

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Manolita García
Unidentified

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Pedro Vidal
Unidentified

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Sergio Mendizábal
(credited as "Hermenegildo Igarzabal")
as Second secretary of Arkadin

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Andrés M. Palacios
Unidentified

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Antonio Molino Rojo
as Man with Arkadin's secretaries at the costume party

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G. Castro
Unidentified

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Vicente Martín Falomir
Unidentified

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Aurelio G. Gordillo
Unidentified

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Carmen Rambla
Unidentified

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Ángel Díaz Palencia
Unidentified
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Post by PeplumParadise » 14/06/2025, 19:56

Uncredited actors A-Z

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Inocencio Barbán
as Poker player

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Mike Brendel
as Man who calls for the goose

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"Vela Hijo's Twin"
as Man watching religious procession

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Post by PeplumParadise » 15/06/2025, 16:10

Unidentified actors

Unidentified credit actors
  • G. Castro
  • Ángel Díaz Palencia
  • Vicente Martín Falomir - On IMDb as Vicente Martín
  • Manolita García - I would guess she's the actress listed on IMDb as Manolita G. Fraile
  • Aurelio G. Gordillo
  • Mateo Guitart
  • Gary Land
  • Arcadio Ochoa
  • Andrés M. Palacios
  • Carmen Rambla
  • Emilio Ruiz - IMDb has him as Emilio G. Ruiz
  • Jacinto San Emeterio - We have him identified in a few other films, but I don't recognise him here
  • José Talavera - IMDb has him down as José González Talavera
  • Pedro Vidal

Uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, but not identified
  • Emilio Fornet - IMDb as Party guest
  • Gordon Heath - IMDb as Pianist
  • Anne-Marie Mersen - IMDb
  • Robert Rietty - IMDb as Airport Control Tower Operator
While most of the film was shot in various locations in Spain, IMDb also lists France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the UK as locations used. With no Italian actors identified other than Paola Mori (who doesn't really count, given that her presence is accounted for by her being married to Orson Welles at the time), I have no idea what scene (or scenes) were shot in Italy, though I suppose it's possible that they only filmed some establishing location shots there with no actors involved.

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Post by PeplumParadise » 15/06/2025, 16:19

Unidentified actors

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Post by PeplumParadise » 19/06/2025, 14:41

I'm wondering if this…
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could be our "Blonde Tourist"?
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I'm not sure, any opinions welcomed

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