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The King's Jester (1941)
Directed by Mario Bonnard
“FERRUCIO TAGLIAVINI sings the glorious arias of Guiseppe Verdi's "RIGOLETTO"”
Drama · 1h 32m
Based on a Victor Hugo play, and scored with music from the later opera by Giuseppe Verdi, the film tells about a hunchbacked clown whose beautiful daughter falls in love with the lecherous king.
Cast
Michel Simon
Rigoletto
María Mercader
Gilda
Rossano Brazzi
Francesco I
Doris Duranti
Margot
Paola Barbara
Duchess Di Cosse
F
Franco Coop
Duke Di Cosse
Juan de Landa
Sparafucile
Elli Parvo
The Gypsy Girl
Loredana
Diana de St. Vallier
Carlo Ninchi
Count de St. Vallier
C
Corrado Racca
Signor de Brion
G
Guido Morisi
Duke de la Tour
Crew
- Director
- Mario Bonnard
- Screenplay
- Carlo Salsa, Mario Bonnard, Michel Simon, Tomaso Smith
- Director of Photography
- Ubaldo Arata
- Editor
- Dolores Tamburini
Details
- Original title
- Il re si diverte
- Release date
- 1941-04-01
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Scalera Film