Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
| Kean: Genius or Scoundrel | |
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| Directed by | Vittorio Gassman |
| Written by | Suso Cecchi D'Amico Vittorio Gassman Francesco Rosi |
| Produced by | Franco Cristaldi |
| Starring | Vittorio Gassman Eleonora Rossi Drago |
| Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
| Music by | Roman Vlad |
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| Language | Italian |
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (Italian: Kean - Genio e sregolatezza) 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
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Cast
- Vittorio Gassman as Edmund Kean
- Eleonora Rossi Drago as Countess Elena Koefeld
- Anna Maria Ferrero as Anna Damby
- Valentina Cortese as Fanny
- Helmut Dantine as Lord Mewill
- Carlo Mazzarella as Dario
- Cesco Baseggio as Salomon
- Nerio Bernardi as Count Koefeld
- Mario Carotenuto as Peter Patt
References
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
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