The King's Jester

"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."

Cast

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

Crew

Carlo Salsa

Screenplay

Mario Bonnard

Director

Mario Bonnard

Screenplay

Ubaldo Arata

Director of Photography

Michel Simon

Screenplay

Vittorio Nino Novarese

Art Direction

Franco Robecchi

Sound

Dimitri Dragomir

Assistant Director

Piero Cavazzuti

Sound

Giulio Bonnard

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Opera

Tomaso Smith

Screenplay

Amleto Bonetti

Set Decoration

Dolores Tamburini

Editor