Kean (1940 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Guido Brignone |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Otello Martelli |
Edited by | Giuseppe Fatigati |
Music by | Edgardo Carducci |
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Distributed by | Scalera Film |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Kean is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Rossano Brazzi, Germana Paolieri. and Sandro Salvini.[1] It is based on the 1836 play Kean by Alexandre Dumas portraying the life of the English actor Edmund Kean.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Manzi. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome.
Cast
[edit]- Rossano Brazzi as Edmund Kean
- Germana Paolieri as Elena Koeffeld
- Sandro Salvini as Il conte Koeffeld
- Mariella Lotti as Anna Demby
- Filippo Scelzo as Il principe di Galles
- Dino Di Luca as Lord Mewill
- Nicola Maldacea as Salomone, il domestico
- Oreste Fares as Papà Bob
- Dina Sassoli as Evelyn Charleston
- Paolo Ferrari as Pistol, il ragazzino
- Edoardo Borelli as Eastman
- Renato Malavasi as Peter Patt
- Luigi Zerbinati as Dario, il parrucchiere
- Giulio Battiferri as Un acrobata
- Liana Del Balzo as Una invitata al ballo
- Armando Furlai as Un componente del circo
- Lina Marengo as Una donna del circo
- Alfredo Martinelli as Uno spettatore al teatro
- Cesare Polacco as Il medico
- Adriano Rimoldi as Orazio nell' Amleto
References
[edit]- ^ Moliterno p.51
Bibliography
[edit]- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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Categories:
- 1940 films
- 1940s historical drama films
- 1940s Italian-language films
- Italian historical drama films
- Films directed by Guido Brignone
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films set in London
- Films shot at Scalera Studios
- French films based on plays
- Films about actors
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1940 drama films
- Films based on works by Alexandre Dumas
- 1940s Italian films
- 1940s Italian film stubs