The King's Jester
6.1
“FERRUCIO TAGLIAVINI sings the glorious arias of Guiseppe Verdi's "RIGOLETTO"”
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.
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Cast
47 people
Michel Simon
Rigoletto
Known for
L'Atalante
Port of Shadows
María Mercader
Gilda
Known for
Al lupo, al lupo
Victor Hugo
Mario Bonnard
Also in
Love Everlasting
Parsifal
Ubaldo Arata
Rossano Brazzi
Francesco I
Known for
The Final Conflict
South Pacific
Giuseppe Verdi
Doris Duranti
Margot
Also in
Captain Tempest
The Promise
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Paola Barbara
Duchess Di Cosse
Known for
Dandelions by the Roots
Giulio Bonnard
Franco Coop
Duke Di Cosse
Also in
Hands Off Me!
The Art of Getting Along
Mario Bonnard Director · Michel Simon Screenplay Tomaso Smith Screenplay
United States release June 26, 1947 · Produced in Italy · Production Scalera Film S.p.a.
Production
Scalera Film
Production
Scalera Film S.p.a.
Production
Italy
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Original title
Il re si diverte
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · April 1, 1941
Theatrical
United States · June 26, 1947
Theatrical · Distributed by Superfilm Distributing Corp. (English subtitles)
Denmark
April 26, 1943
France
January 13, 1943 · Paris
Germany
January 1, 1943
Mexico
August 23, 1950
Portugal
March 15, 1944
Russia
June 21, 1948 · Theatrical · Субтитры - субт. маст. ГУКиК, 1948 г.
Spain
April 24, 1943 · Madrid
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