Capitan Fracassa (1940)
November 15, 1940Release Date
Plot.
17th century. Noble in misery joins the company of wandering actors. A rivalry of love opposes him to pre-powerful seigneur who kidnaps the young actress. Assault to the castle.
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Cast & Crew.
Elsa De Giorgi
Isabella
Giorgio Costantini
Il barone di Sigognac
Osvaldo Valenti
Il duca Ruggero di Vallombrosa
Nerio Bernardi
Il principe
Clara Calamai
Iolanda De Foix
Dina Perbellini
Marchesa Di Bruyeres
Olga Vittoria Gentilli
Leonarda - la madre nobile
Egisto Olivieri
Il tiranno & il capocomico
Mario Siletti
Giacomo Lampourde
Renato Chiantoni
Scapino
Guido Morisi
Vidalino
Ernesto Gentili
Leandro
Pia De Doses
Zerbina
Duilio Coletti
Director
Franco Coop
Falso brigante
Arrigo Benedetti
Writer
Fiorella Betti
Chiquita
Ernesto Bianchi
Matamoro
Théophile Gautier
Writer
Mario Pannunzio
Writer
Umberto Casilini
Pietro, il vecchio servitore dei Sigognac
Vittorio Vassarotti
Producer
Gildo Bocci
Il capitano delle guardie
Piero Giorgi
Composer
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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. Another adaptation Captain Fracasse was made three years later as a co-production between France and Italy.