The King's Jester
1941Based 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.
Acted in
Michel Simon
as Rigoletto
María Mercader
as Gilda
Rossano Brazzi
as Francesco I
Doris Duranti
as Margot
Paola Barbara
as Duchess Di Cosse
Franco Coop
as Duke Di Cosse
Juan de Landa
as Sparafucile
Elli Parvo
as The Gypsy Girl
Loredana
as Diana de St. Vallier
Carlo Ninchi
as Count de St. Vallier
Corrado Racca
as Signor de Brion
Guido Morisi
as Duke de la Tour
Gemma d'Alba
as Signora De Pardaillan
Giacomo Moschini
as Signor de Pardaillan
Edoardo Toniolo
as Maret, the poet
Gildo Bocci
as The Grand Vizir
Adele Garavaglia
as Costanza, a governess
Amina Pirani Maggi
as Berarda, Gilda's Governess
Cesare Fantoni
as Sgt. Roland
Edoardo Toniolo
as Marot, the poet
Liana Del Balzo
as Marquesa
Oreste Fares
as St. Vallier's Servant
Edda Soligo
as Friend of the Duchess
Aldo Silvani
as Executioner
Fausto Guerzoni
as Gypsy #1
Giovanni Onorato
as Gypsy #2
Renato Chiantoni
as Gypsy #3
Cesare Polisello
as Gypsy #4
Oreste Biancoli
as Courtier
Stanis Cappello
as Courtier
Ruggero Capodaglio
as Courtier
Evaristo Signorini
as Courtier
Alfredo di Antoni
as Courtier
Giulio Battiferri
as A Kidnapper