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Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

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Directed by
  
Vittorio Gassman

Music by
  
Roman Vlad

Initial release
  
1956

Production company
  
Lux Film

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Produced by
  
Franco Cristaldi

Cinematography
  
Gianni Di Venanzo

Music director
  
Roman Vlad

Producer
  
Franco Cristaldi

Written by
  
Suso Cecchi D'Amico Vittorio Gassman Francesco Rosi

Starring
  
Vittorio Gassman Eleonora Rossi Drago

Directors
  
Vittorio Gassman, Francesco Rosi

Cast
  
Vittorio Gassman, Eleonora Rossi Drago

Similar
  
La sfida, The Magliari, Alibi, Without Family, Three Brothers

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (Italian: Kean - Genio e sregolatezza) is a 1956 Italian biographical drama film co-written and directed by Vittorio Gassman. A dramatization of the life of Edmund Kean, it is based on the 1836 drama play Kean, ou Désordre et Génie of Alexandre Dumas and on its 1953 adaptation with the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Cast

  • Vittorio Gassman as Edmund Kean
  • Eleonora Rossi Drago as Countess Elena Koefeld
  • Anna Maria Ferrero as Anna Damby
  • Valentina Cortese as Fanny
  • Helmut Dantine as Lord Mewill
  • Carlo Mazzarella as Dario
  • Cesco Baseggio as Salomon
  • Nerio Bernardi as Count Koefeld
  • Mario Carotenuto as Peter Patt

    • References

    Kean: Genius or Scoundrel Wikipedia
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