Capitan Fracassa (1940)
November 15, 1940Release Date
Plot.
17th century. Noble in misery joins the company of wandering actors. A rivalry of love opposes him to pre-powerful seigneur who kidnaps the young actress. Assault to the castle.
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Cast & Crew.
Elsa De Giorgi
Isabella
Giorgio Costantini
Il barone di Sigognac / Capitan Fracassa
Osvaldo Valenti
Il duca Ruggero di Vallombrosa
Clara Calamai
Iolanda
Nerio Bernardi
Il principe
Olga Vittoria Gentilli
Leonarda, la madre nobile
Duilio Coletti
Director
Dina Perbellini
Marchesa Di Bruyeres
Arrigo Benedetti
Writer
Giacomo Debenedetti
Writer
Egisto Olivieri
Il tiranno / Il capocomico
Renato Chiantoni
Scapino
Théophile Gautier
Writer
Mario Pannunzio
Writer
Mario Siletti
Giacomo Lampourde
Piero Tellini
Writer
Guido Morisi
Vidalino
Pia De Doses
Zerbina
Franco Coop
Falso brigante
Ernesto Gentili
Leandro
Fiorella Betti
Chiquita
Ernesto Bianchi
Matamoro
Umberto Casilini
Pietro, il vecchio servitore dei Sigognac
Gildo Bocci
Il capitano delle guardie
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Captain Fracasse (Italian: Capitan Fracassa) is a 1940 Italian historical adventure film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Elsa De Giorgi, Giorgio Costantini and Osvaldo Valenti. It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film is based on the 1863 novel of the same name by Théophile Gautier. Another adaptation Captain Fracasse was made three years later as a co-production between France and Italy.