Captain Fracasse (1940 film)
Appearance
Captain Fracasse | |
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Directed by | Duilio Coletti |
Written by |
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Produced by | Vittorio Vassarotti |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Jan Stallich |
Edited by | Maria Rosada |
Music by | Piero Giorgi |
Production companies | Vi-Va Film La Magie Film |
Distributed by | Artisti Associati |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Captain Fracasse (Italian: Capitan Fracassa) is a 1940 Italian historical adventure film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Elsa De Giorgi, Giorgio Costantini and Osvaldo Valenti. It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film is based on the 1863 novel of the same name by Théophile Gautier.[1] Another adaptation Captain Fracasse was made three years later as a co-production between France and Italy.
Cast
[edit]- Elsa De Giorgi as Isabella
- Giorgio Costantini as Il barone di Sigognac / Capitan Fracassa
- Osvaldo Valenti as Il duca Ruggero di Vallombrosa
- Nerio Bernardi as Il principe
- Clara Calamai as Iolanda De Foix
- Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Leonarda, la madre nobile
- Egisto Olivieri as Il tiranno & il capocomico
- Renato Chiantoni as Scapino
- Ernesto Gentili as Leandro
- Pia De Doses as Zerbina
- Mario Siletti as Giacomo Lampourde
- Fiorella Betti as Chiquita
- Guido Morisi as Vidalino
- Dina Perbellini as La marchesa Di Bruyeres
- Franco Coop as Il falso brigante
- Ernesto Bianchi as Matamoro
- Umberto Casilini as Pietro, il vecchio servitore dei Sigognac
- Gildo Bocci as Il capitano delle guardie
- Arnaldo Firpo
- Fedele Gentile
- Romano Karninki
- Carlo Mariotti
- Carla Pedroni
- Nico Pepe
References
[edit]- ^ Goble p.270
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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Categories:
- 1940 films
- 1940s Italian-language films
- Italian historical adventure films
- 1940s historical adventure films
- Films directed by Duilio Coletti
- Films set in the 17th century
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films based on Captain Fracasse
- 1940s Italian films
- Italian-language historical adventure films
- 1940s Italian film stubs