The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
1985Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity". Mattia Pascal is a downtrodden average man, treated like trash by his fiancée, scorned by his associates, and cheated out of his inheritance by contemptuous relatives. The dispirited Pascal heads to Monte Carlo, accruing a fortune and also assuming the identity of a less fortunate gambler who killed himself. The "new" Pascal is treated with a dignity and respect that overwhelms him--and nearly kills him.
Acted in
Marcello Mastroianni
as Mattia Pascal
Senta Berger
as Clara
Flavio Bucci
as Terenzio Papiano
Laura Morante
as Adriana Paleari
Laura del Sol
as Romilda Pescatore
Andréa Ferréol
as Silvia Caporale
Bernard Blier
as Anselmo Paleari
Caroline Berg
as Véronique
Néstor Garay
as Giambattista Malagna
Alessandro Haber
as Mino Pomino
Carlo Bagno
as Pellegrinotto
Clelia Rondinella
as Oliva Salvoni
Rosalia Maggio
as Vedova pescatore
Flora Cantori
as Madre di Mattia
Helen Sterling
as Zia Scolastica
François Marinovich
as Padre di Pomino
Elettra Mancini Ferrua
as Governante di Casa Pascal
Maria Paola Sutto
as Prostituta
Paul Müller
as Giocatore a Montecarlo
Victor Cavallo
as Avvocato Settebellezze
Tonino Proietti
as Amante di Clara
Giuseppe Cederna
as Giovane Bisca Veneziano