The King's Jester
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.
Top 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
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 1, 1941
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Original language
- IT
- Original title
- Il re si diverte
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