The King's Jester (1941)

Drama

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

Rigoletto
Michel Simon
Gilda
María Mercader
Signor de Brion
C Corrado Racca
Duke de la Tour
G Guido Morisi
Signora De Pardaillan
G Gemma d'Alba
Signor de Pardaillan
Giacomo Moschini
Maret, the poet
Edoardo Toniolo
The Grand Vizir
Gildo Bocci
Costanza, a governess
A Adele Garavaglia
Berarda, Gilda's Governess
Amina Pirani Maggi
Sgt. Roland
Cesare Fantoni
Marot, the poet
Edoardo Toniolo
Francesco I
Rossano Brazzi
Marquesa
L Liana Del Balzo
St. Vallier's Servant
O Oreste Fares
Friend of the Duchess
Edda Soligo
Executioner
Aldo Silvani
Gypsy #1
Fausto Guerzoni
Gypsy #2
Giovanni Onorato
Gypsy #3
Renato Chiantoni
Gypsy #4
C Cesare Polisello
Courtier
O Oreste Biancoli
Courtier
S Stanis Cappello
Margot
Doris Duranti
Courtier
R Ruggero Capodaglio
Courtier
E Evaristo Signorini
Courtier
A Alfredo di Antoni
A Kidnapper
Giulio Battiferri
Duchess Di Cosse
Paola Barbara
Duke Di Cosse
F Franco Coop
Sparafucile
Juan de Landa
The Gypsy Girl
Elli Parvo
Diana de St. Vallier
Loredana
Count de St. Vallier
Carlo Ninchi

Crew

Director
Mario Bonnard
Screenplay
Mario Bonnard
Screenplay
Michel Simon
Screenplay
T Tomaso Smith
Art Direction
V Vittorio Nino Novarese
Set Decoration
A Amleto Bonetti
Assistant Director
D Dimitri Dragomir
Director of Photography
U Ubaldo Arata
Sound
P Piero Cavazzuti
Sound
F Franco Robecchi
Editor
D Dolores Tamburini
Music
G Giulio Bonnard
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Screenplay
C Carlo Salsa