The King's Jester

FERRUCIO TAGLIAVINI sings the glorious arias of Guiseppe Verdi's "RIGOLETTO"

Original title: Il re si diverte

Duration: 92 min

Release date: 1941-04-01

IMDB

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.

Drama

Il re si diverte

Casting arrow_drop_down

María Mercader

as Duchess Di Cosse

as Duke Di Cosse

as The Gypsy Girl

as Diana de St. Vallier

as Count de St. Vallier

as Signor de Brion

as Duke de la Tour

as Signora De Pardaillan

Giacomo Moschini

Giacomo Moschini

as Signor de Pardaillan

Edoardo Toniolo

Edoardo Toniolo

as Maret, the poet

as The Grand Vizir

Adele Garavaglia

Adele Garavaglia

as Costanza, a governess

Amina Pirani Maggi

Amina Pirani Maggi

as Berarda, Gilda's Governess

Edoardo Toniolo

Edoardo Toniolo

as Marot, the poet

Liana Del Balzo

Liana Del Balzo

as St. Vallier's Servant

as Friend of the Duchess

Fausto Guerzoni

Fausto Guerzoni

Giovanni Onorato

Giovanni Onorato

Renato Chiantoni

Renato Chiantoni

Cesare Polisello

Cesare Polisello

Oreste Biancoli

Oreste Biancoli

Stanis Cappello

Stanis Cappello

Ruggero Capodaglio

Ruggero Capodaglio

Evaristo Signorini

Evaristo Signorini

Alfredo di Antoni

Alfredo di Antoni

Giulio Battiferri

Giulio Battiferri

arrow_drop_down

Crew arrow_drop_down

Vittorio Nino Novarese

Vittorio Nino Novarese

Dimitri Dragomir

Dimitri Dragomir

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Piero Cavazzuti

Piero Cavazzuti

Franco Robecchi

Franco Robecchi

Dolores Tamburini

Dolores Tamburini

arrow_drop_down

Recomendation Films

Similar Films

NextFilm 2026