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.
Cast
Michel Simon
Rigoletto
María Mercader
Gilda
Rossano Brazzi
Francesco I
Doris Duranti
Margot
Paola Barbara
Duchess Di Cosse
Franco Coop
Duke Di Cosse
Juan de Landa
Sparafucile
Elli Parvo
The Gypsy Girl
Loredana
Diana de St. Vallier
Carlo Ninchi
Count de St. Vallier
Corrado Racca
Signor de Brion
Guido Morisi
Duke de la Tour
Gemma d'Alba
Signora De Pardaillan
Giacomo Moschini
Signor de Pardaillan
Edoardo Toniolo
Maret, the poet, Marot, the poet
Gildo Bocci
The Grand Vizir
Adele Garavaglia
Costanza, a governess
Amina Pirani Maggi
Berarda, Gilda's Governess
Cesare Fantoni
Sgt. Roland
Liana Del Balzo
Marquesa
Oreste Fares
St. Vallier's Servant
Edda Soligo
Friend of the Duchess
Aldo Silvani
Executioner
Fausto Guerzoni
Gypsy #1
Giovanni Onorato
Gypsy #2
Renato Chiantoni
Gypsy #3
Cesare Polisello
Gypsy #4
Oreste Biancoli
Courtier
Stanis Cappello
Courtier
Ruggero Capodaglio
Courtier
Evaristo Signorini
Courtier
Alfredo di Antoni
Courtier
Giulio Battiferri
A Kidnapper
Crew
Giuseppe Verdi
Opera
Mario Bonnard
Director, Screenplay
Carlo Salsa
Screenplay
Michel Simon
Screenplay
Tomaso Smith
Screenplay
Dolores Tamburini
Editor
Ubaldo Arata
Director of Photography
Dimitri Dragomir
Assistant Director
Piero Cavazzuti
Sound
Franco Robecchi
Sound
Giulio Bonnard
Music
Amleto Bonetti
Set Decoration
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Art Direction