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Kean - Genio e sregolatezza

Kean - Genio e sregolatezza

1957Movie⏱️ 1h 23m
BiographyDrama
6.2
IMDB Rating
114 votes

Edmund Kean is a popular British actor and theatrical nineteenth addicted to vices, however, and in debt. He contends with the Prince of Wales, his companion of excesses, the Danish ambassador's wife, but eventually falls in love ...

Director
Vittorio Gassman
Writers
Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Alexandre Dumas, Vittorio Gassman
Stars
Vittorio Gassman, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gérard Landry
Language
Italian
Country
Italy
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Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman
as Edmund Kean
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Eleonora Rossi Drago
as Contessa Elena Koefeld
Gérard Landry
Gérard Landry
as Principe di Galles
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Cesco Baseggio
as Salomon
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Mario Carotenuto
as Peter Patt
Helmut Dantine
Helmut Dantine
as Lord Mewill
Anna Maria Ferrero
Anna Maria Ferrero
as Anna Damby
Nerio Bernardi
Nerio Bernardi
as Conte Koefeld
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Massimo Burrelli
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Alberto Carloni

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Production
Lux Film, Vides Cinematografica

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

ItalianBiographyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Gassman As Shakespeare Star Makes Interesting Comparison With Mosjoukine
by lchadbou-326-265922021-03-12
6/10

"This mid 50s coproduction, a vehicle for the theatrics of star/cowriter/codirector Gassman, gives viewers a chance to see what he was like on stage and makes an interesting comparison with, among others, a famous 1924 silent version of the same material featuring the equally larger than life Mosjoukine. The romanticized biography of English Regency era Shakespeare actor Edmund Kean is largely similar though there is the added writer contribution here from Sartre.Instead of excerpts from Romeo and Juliet we get Othello and instead of the actor breaking tradition by talking to the audience durin..."

💡 Did You Know?

Vittorio Gassman's debut as a director.

📖 Synopsis

Edmund Kean is a popular British actor and theatrical nineteenth addicted to vices, however, and in debt. He contends with the Prince of Wales, his companion of excesses, the Danish ambassador's wife, but eventually falls in love ...