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The King's Jester

19410.0 / 1092 min

Drama

Overview

FERRUCIO TAGLIAVINI sings the glorious arias of Guiseppe Verdi's "RIGOLETTO"

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

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

Corrado Racca

Signor de Brion

Guido Morisi

Duke de la Tour

Gemma d'Alba

Signora De Pardaillan

Giacomo Moschini

Signor de Pardaillan

Edoardo Toniolo

Maret, the poet

Gildo Bocci

The Grand Vizir

Adele Garavaglia

Costanza, a governess

Amina Pirani Maggi

Berarda, Gilda's Governess

Cesare Fantoni

Sgt. Roland

Edoardo Toniolo

Marot, the poet

Liana Del Balzo

Marquesa

Oreste Fares

St. Vallier's Servant

Edda Soligo

Friend of the Duchess

Aldo Silvani

Executioner

Fausto Guerzoni

Gypsy #1

Giovanni Onorato

Gypsy #2

Renato Chiantoni

Gypsy #3

Cesare Polisello

Gypsy #4

Oreste Biancoli

Courtier

Stanis Cappello

Courtier

Ruggero Capodaglio

Courtier

Evaristo Signorini

Courtier

Alfredo di Antoni

Courtier

Giulio Battiferri

A Kidnapper

Crew

Carlo Salsa

Screenplay

Mario Bonnard

Director

Giuseppe Verdi

Opera

Vittorio Nino Novarese

Art Direction

Piero Cavazzuti

Sound

Dimitri Dragomir

Assistant Director

Ubaldo Arata

Director of Photography

Mario Bonnard

Screenplay

Franco Robecchi

Sound

Michel Simon

Screenplay

Tomaso Smith

Screenplay

Amleto Bonetti

Set Decoration

Dolores Tamburini

Editor

Giulio Bonnard

Music