The King's Jester

The King's Jester
Directed by	Mario Bonnard
Written by	Victor Hugo (play) Tomaso Smith Carlo Salsa Mario Bonnard Michel Simon
Starring	Michel Simon María Mercader Rossano Brazzi Doris Duranti
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata
Edited by	Dolores Tamburini
Music by	Giuseppe Verdi (opera) Giulio Bonnard
Production company	Scalera Film
Distributed by	Scalera Film
Release date	25 October 1941 (1941-10-25)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The King's Jester (Italian: Il re si diverte) is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Michel Simon, María Mercader and Rossano Brazzi. The film is an adaptation of the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo and uses music from Verdi's later opera Rigoletto.^[1] It is set at the court of Francis I of France in the Sixteenth century.

Cast

• Michel Simon as Rigoletto
• María Mercader as Gilda
• Rossano Brazzi as Il re Francesco Iº
• Doris Duranti as Margot
• Paola Barbara as La duchessa di Cosse
• Elli Parvo as La zingara
• Carlo Ninchi as Il conte di Saint Vallier
• Juan de Landa as Sparafucile
• Loredana as Diana Di Saint Vallier
• Franco Coop as Il duca di Cosse
• Corrado Racca as Signor De Brion
• Giulio Battiferri as Uno dei rapitori di Gilda
• Oreste Bilancia as Un cortegiano
• Gildo Bocci as Il Gran Visir
• Ruggero Capodaglio as Un cortegiano
• Stanis Cappello as Un cortegiano
• Renato Chiantoni as Il terzo zingaro
• Gemma D'Alba as Signora De Pardaillan
• Alfredo De Antoni as Un cortegiano
• Liana Del Balzo as La marchesa che nasconde l'età
• Cesare Fantoni as Il sergente Roland
• Oreste Fares as Il servitore di Saint Vallier
• Adele Garavaglia as Costanza, la governante
• Fausto Guerzoni as Il primo zingaro
• Guido Morisi as Il duca De La Tour
• Giacomo Moschini as Signor De Pardaillan
• Giovanni Onorato as Il secondo zingaro
• Amina Pirani Maggi as Berarda, governante di Gilda
• Cesare Polesello as Il quarto zingaro
• Evaristo Signorini as Un cortegiano
• Aldo Silvani as Il boia
• Edda Soligo as Un'amica della duchessa di Cosse
• Edoardo Toniolo as Il poeta Marot

References

1. Fawkes p. 111

Bibliography

• Fawkes, Richard (2000). Opera on Film. London: Duckworth. ISBN 978-0-7156-2943-7.
• Klossner, Michael (2002). The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-1223-5.

External links

• The King's Jester at IMDb