The King's Jester
Il re si diverte
Drama
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.
1941-04-01
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Cast
Director
Mario Bonnard
Michel Simon as Rigoletto
María Mercader as Gilda
Rossano Brazzi as Francesco I
Doris Duranti as Margot
Paola Barbara as Duchess Di Cosse
Juan de Landa as Sparafucile
Elli Parvo as The Gypsy Girl
Loredana as Diana de St. Vallier
Carlo Ninchi as Count de St. Vallier
Gemma d'Alba as Signora De Pardaillan
Giacomo Moschini as Signor de Pardaillan
Edoardo Toniolo as Maret, the poet
Gildo Bocci as The Grand Vizir
Amina Pirani Maggi as Berarda, Gilda's Governess
Cesare Fantoni as Sgt. Roland
Edoardo Toniolo as Marot, the poet
Edda Soligo as Friend of the Duchess
Aldo Silvani as Executioner
Fausto Guerzoni as Gypsy #1
Giovanni Onorato as Gypsy #2
Renato Chiantoni as Gypsy #3
Ruggero Capodaglio as Courtier
Giulio Battiferri as A Kidnapper