The King's Jester (1941)
1h 32m
Running Time
April 1, 1941Release Date
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Michel Simon
Rigoletto / Screenplay
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
Victor Hugo
Writer
Giacomo Moschini
Signor de Pardaillan
Gildo Bocci
The Grand Vizir
Adele Garavaglia
Costanza, a governess
Amina Pirani Maggi
Berarda, Gilda's Governess
Cesare Fantoni
Sgt. Roland
Edoardo Toniolo
Maret, the poet / Marot, the poet
Liana Del Balzo
Marquesa
Oreste Fares
St. Vallier's Servant
Edda Soligo
Friend of the Duchess
Aldo Silvani
Executioner
Fausto Guerzoni
Gypsy #1
Giovanni Onorato
Gypsy #2
Renato Chiantoni
Gypsy #3
Cesare Polisello
Gypsy #4
Oreste Biancoli
Courtier
Stanis Cappello
Courtier
Ruggero Capodaglio
Courtier
Evaristo Signorini
Courtier
Alfredo di Antoni
Courtier
Carlo Salsa
Screenplay
Giulio Battiferri
A Kidnapper
Mario Bonnard
Director / Screenplay
Ubaldo Arata
Director of Photography
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Art Direction
Franco Robecchi
Sound
Dimitri Dragomir
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 1, 1941
Original NameIl re si diverte
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Genres
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Wiki.
The King's Jester (Italian: Il re si diverte) is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Michel Simon, María Mercader and Rossano Brazzi. The film is an adaptation of the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo and uses music from Verdi's later opera Rigoletto. It is set at the court of Francis I of France in the Sixteenth century.