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Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

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Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
German theatrical poster
Directed byVittorio Gassman
Written bySuso Cecchi D'Amico
Vittorio Gassman
Francesco Rosi
Produced byFranco Cristaldi
StarringVittorio Gassman
Eleonora Rossi Drago
CinematographyGianni Di Venanzo
Music byRoman Vlad
Release date
  • 1956 (1956)
LanguageItalian

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (Template:Lang-it) is a 1956 Italian biographical drama film co-written and directed by Vittorio Gassman. A dramatization of the life of Edmund Kean, it is based on the 1836 drama play Kean, ou Désordre et Génie of Alexandre Dumas and on its 1953 adaptation with the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre.[1][2]

Plot

Cast

References

  1. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
  2. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.