(1949) | Cagliostro

: The film opens with a meta-narrative device featuring Dumas Sr. (Berry Kroeger) telling the story of Cagliostro to his son, Dumas Jr. (Raymond Burr). Plot Summary

The film is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s 1848 novel Joseph Balsamo (also known as Mémoires d'un médecin ). It incorporates elements from another Dumas work, Le Collier de la Reine (The Queen’s Necklace), which covers the historical scandal that helped trigger the French Revolution. Cagliostro (1949)

: Joseph Balsamo, later known as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, was a real historical figure (1743–1795). : The film opens with a meta-narrative device