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
María Mercader
Gilda
Rossano Brazzi
Il re Francesco Iº
Paola Barbara
Duchess Di Cosse
Doris Duranti
Margot
Mario Bonnard
Director
Franco Coop
Duke Di Cosse
Victor Hugo
Writer
Juan de Landa
Sparafucile
Elli Parvo
The Gypsy Girl
Tomaso Smith
Writer
Carlo Salsa
Writer
Loredana
Diana de St. Vallier
Carlo Ninchi
Count de St. Vallier
Giulio Bonnard
Composer
Corrado Racca
Signor de Brion
Ubaldo Arata
Cinematographer
Guido Morisi
Duke de la Tour
Gemma d'Alba
Signora De Pardaillan
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
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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.