Laugh, Pagliacci

Laugh, Pagliacci
Directed byGiuseppe Fatigati
Written byHarald Bratt
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Cesare Giulio Viola
StarringAlida Valli
Beniamino Gigli
Carlo Romano
CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner
Edited byJolanda Benvenuti
Music byRuggero Leoncavallo
Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production
companies
Distributed byIndustrie Cinematografiche Italiane
Release date
  • 23 January 1943 (1943-01-23)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesItaly
Germany
LanguageItalian

Laugh, Pagliacci (Italian: I pagliacci) is a 1943 Italian-German historical drama film directed by Giuseppe Fatigati and starring Alida Valli, Beniamino Gigli and Carlo Romano.[1] A separate German-language version Laugh Bajazzo was also produced.[2] It was shot in Berlin at a time when Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were allies in the Second World War. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Parish p.561
  2. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.217

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide: Western Europe. Scarecrow Press, 1977.