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The King's Jester

The King's Jester (1941)

Directed by Mario Bonnard
1h 32minruntime
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5.0/10

Plot

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.

Full cast

ActorRole
Elli ParvoThe Gypsy Girl
LoredanaDiana de St. Vallier
Carlo NinchiCount de St. Vallier
Corrado RaccaSignor de Brion
Guido MorisiDuke de la Tour
Gemma d'AlbaSignora De Pardaillan
Giacomo MoschiniSignor de Pardaillan
Edoardo TonioloMaret, the poet
Gildo BocciThe Grand Vizir
Adele GaravagliaCostanza, a governess
Amina Pirani MaggiBerarda, Gilda's Governess
Cesare FantoniSgt. Roland
Edoardo TonioloMarot, the poet
Liana Del BalzoMarquesa
Oreste FaresSt. Vallier's Servant
Edda SoligoFriend of the Duchess
Aldo SilvaniExecutioner
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Genres

Drama

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleIl re si diverte
Original languageItaliano (IT)
Spoken languagesItaliano
Production countriesItaly
StatusReleased
Production companiesScalera Film
Release date1 aprile 1941
WriterCarlo Salsa, Mario Bonnard, Michel Simon, Tomaso Smith, Giuseppe Verdi
EditingDolores Tamburini
CinematographyUbaldo Arata
Assistant directorsDimitri Dragomir, Mario Bonnard
Camera operatorsUbaldo Arata
Additional photographyUbaldo Arata
Production designVittorio Nino Novarese, Amleto Bonetti
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Release dates

Theatrical release

Italy / Apr 01, 1941

United States / Jun 26, 1947 / Distributed by Superfilm Distributing Corp. (English subtitles)

Russia / Jun 21, 1948 / Субтитры - субт. маст. ГУКиК, 1948 г.

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