The King's Jester (1941)

Director: Mario Bonnard

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