Captain Fracasse (1940 film)

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Directed by Duilio Coletti Music by Piero Giorgi Initial release 1940 Music director Piero Giorgi Editor Maria Rosada		Produced by Vittorio Vassarotti Edited by Maria Rosada Director Duilio Coletti Cinematography Jan Stallich
Written by Théophile Gautier (novel) Mario Pannunzio Piero Tellini Arrigo Benedetti Duilio Coletti Giacomo De Benedetti Starring Elsa De Giorgi Giorgio Costantini Osvaldo Valenti Cast Elsa De Giorgi, Osvaldo Valenti Similar Abbandono, Il tiranno di Padova, Ettore Fieramosca, La zia smemorata

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.

Cast

Elsa De Giorgi as Isabella

Giorgio Costantini as Il barone di Sigognac / Capitan Fracassa

Osvaldo Valenti as Il duca Ruggero di Vallombrosa

Nerio Bernardi as Il principe

Clara Calamai as Iolanda De Foix

Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Leonarda, la madre nobile

Egisto Olivieri as Il tiranno & il capocomico

Renato Chiantoni as Scapino

Ernesto Gentili as Leandro

Pia De Doses as Zerbina

Mario Siletti as Giacomo Lampourde

Fiorella Betti as Chiquita

Guido Morisi as Vidalino

Dina Perbellini as La marchesa Di Bruyeres

Franco Coop as Il falso brigante

Ernesto Bianchi as Matamoro

Umberto Casilini as Pietro, il vecchio servitore dei Sigognac

Gildo Bocci as Il capitano delle guardie

Arnaldo Firpo

Fedele Gentile

Romano Karninki

Carlo Mariotti

Carla Pedroni

Nico Pepe

References

Captain Fracasse (1940 film) Wikipedia

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