'o Re (1989)
One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his Queen, Maria Sofia. This seriocomic drama follows the deposed royals as they adapt to their new lives. The former king has recognized the political finality of his deposition, but his queen has taken to traveling in men's clothing all over Italy trying to foment an uprising to restore them to the throne. She is also frantic to have a baby, an heir, but the king has become celibate as a kind of homage to his beloved mother; he spends all his time lobbying the Vatican to get her declared a saint.
Director:
Luigi Magni
Writer:
Luigi Magni
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Giancarlo Giannini as Francis II of the Two Sicilies |
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Ornella Muti as Maria Sophie of Bavaria |
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Carlo Croccolo as Rafele |
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Luc Merenda as Don Josè Borges |
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Cristina Marsillach as Luciana |
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Anna Maria Ackermann as Maria Theresa of Austria |
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Corrado Pani as General Coviello |
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Massimo Abbate as Prince Louis, Count of Trani |
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Anna Kanakis as Brigand Woman |
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Franco Pistoni as Police Commissioner Macchi |
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Franco Tavassi as Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta |
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Sergio Solli as Pulcinella |
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Vincenzo Aronica as Comedian with Violin |
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Giovanni Balzaretti as Harlequin Comedian |
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Tina Bonavita as Comedian with Flower |
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Donato Citarella as Comedian with Guitar |
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Franco Concilio as Comedian |
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Carlo Conversi as Neapolitan Band Leader |
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Giuseppe D'Aloja as Brigand |
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Marco Di Stefano as Borbonic Officer |
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Paolo Falace as Luigi 'Chiavone' Alonso |
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Benedetto Fanna as Comedian |
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Carla Fioravanti as Comedian in Red |
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Vanni Fois as Borges' Traitor |
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Iaia Forte as Comedian with Tambourine |
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Gianni Franco as Italian General |
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Luigi Maria Gallo as |
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Bayer Gudrun as Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
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Mari Hubert as African Comedian |
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Alberto Incrocci as Zouaves Officer |
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Marco Massimiani as Italian Officer |
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Eleonora Parlante as Comedian with Hat |
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Isabella Perricone as Sicilian Comedian |
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Paolo Proietti as Comedian with Stilts |
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Luigi Rossi as |
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Gino Serra as |
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Gianfranco Stoppani as Medic |
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Egidio Termine as Garibaldino |
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Alfredo Vasco as Carmine Crocco |
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Guido Quintozzi as Shepherd (uncredited) |
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Sergio Silveri as Brigand (uncredited) |
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Marcello Magnelli as Brigand (uncredited) |
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Erminio Bianchi Fasani as Brigand (uncredited) |
| Directing | Luigi Magni | Director |
| Production | Giovanni Di Clemente | Producer |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Writing | Luigi Magni | Screenplay |
| Camera | Franco Di Giacomo | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lucia Mirisola | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucia Mirisola | Costume Design |
| Directing | Vittoria Vigorelli | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Stefano Coletta | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paolo Franceschi | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Rita Polidori | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Paolo Venditti | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Alessandro Ghiara | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Blasi | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Enzo Lucarini | Administration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raoul Settimelli | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Roberto Pariante | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vincenzo Falsaperla | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giampiero Grassi | Seamstress |
| Production | Paolo Mattioli | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Castrignano | Seamstress |
| Camera | Mauro Anzelotti | Key Grip |
| Sound | Adriano Torbidone | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Luigi Magni | Story |
| Production | Domenico Lo Zito | Production Manager |
| Production | Roberto Penna | Administration |
| Camera | Giulio Pietromarchi | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Gianni Sardo | Sound |
| Art | Edoardo Di Iorio | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Daniele Bellucci | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luigi Rocchetti | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Gaia D'Onofrio | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Gasperina Marani | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Paolo Ricci | Special Effects |
| Production | Franco Fenu | Production Secretary |
| Lighting | Valerio Garzia | Gaffer |
| Sound | Franco Borni | Sound |
| Sound | Alfredo Petti | Boom Operator |
| Production | Bruno Ridolfi | Line Producer |
| Art | Alessandro Alberti | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Byron Pierotti | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Di Salvio | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jole Cecchini | Hairstylist |
| Production | Luca Mancini | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Alessandro Incrocci | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Renato Marinelli | Foley Artist |
