''Captain Fracasse'' () is a 1940 Italian

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directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Elsa De Giorgi, Giorgio Costantini and Osvaldo Valenti. It was made at the Cinecittà studios in

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. The film is based on the 1863 novel of the same name by

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.Goble p.270 Another adaptation '' Captain Fracasse'' was made three years later as a co-production between France and Italy.

Cast

* Elsa De Giorgi as Isabella * Giorgio Costantini as Il barone di Sigognac / Capitan Fracassa * Osvaldo Valenti as Il duca Ruggero di Vallombrosa * Nerio Bernardi as Il principe * Clara Calamai as Iolanda De Foix * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Leonarda, la madre nobile * Egisto Olivieri as Il tiranno & il capocomico * Renato Chiantoni as Scapino * Ernesto Gentili as Leandro * Pia De Doses as Zerbina *

Mario Siletti Mario Giovanni Siletti (22 July 1903 – 19 April 1964) was an Italian actor. He was born in Turin. He performed in more than 160 films from 1932 to 1964. He began appearing in American films no later than 1946. From 1962 to 1964, he also portra ...

as Giacomo Lampourde * Fiorella Betti as Chiquita * Guido Morisi as Vidalino * Dina Perbellini as La marchesa Di Bruyeres *

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as Il falso brigante * Ernesto Bianchi as Matamoro * Umberto Casilini as Pietro, il vecchio servitore dei Sigognac *

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as Il capitano delle guardie * Arnaldo Firpo * Fedele Gentile * Romano Karninki * Carlo Mariotti * Carla Pedroni * Nico Pepe

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1940 films 1940s Italian-language films Italian historical adventure films 1940s historical adventure films Films directed by Duilio Coletti Films set in the 17th century Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Italian black-and-white films Films based on Captain Fracasse 1940s Italian films Italian-language historical adventure films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub