The King's Jester

Name: The King's Jester
Genre: Drama
Released: 1941
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 7

1941 · 92 min

Drama

★ 7.0

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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.

Crew

Director Mario Bonnard
Screenplay Carlo Salsa
Screenplay Mario Bonnard
Screenplay Michel Simon
Screenplay Tomaso Smith
Director of Photography Ubaldo Arata

Cast

Michel Simon
Rigoletto
María Mercader
Gilda
Rossano Brazzi
Francesco I
Doris Duranti
Margot
Paola Barbara
Duchess Di Cosse
F
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
C
Corrado Racca
Signor de Brion
G
Guido Morisi
Duke de la Tour

Crew

Director — Mario Bonnard
Screenplay — Carlo Salsa
Screenplay — Mario Bonnard
Screenplay — Michel Simon
Screenplay — Tomaso Smith
Director of Photography — Ubaldo Arata

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