'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 |
| Writing | Luigi Magni | Screenplay |
| Camera | Franco Di Giacomo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Art | Lucia Mirisola | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucia Mirisola | Costume Design |
| Production | Giovanni Di Clemente | Producer |
| Writing | Luigi Magni | Story |
| Sound | Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Domenico Lo Zito | Production Manager |
| Production | Bruno Ridolfi | Line Producer |
| Production | Paolo Venditti | Unit Manager |
| Production | Byron Pierotti | Production Secretary |
| Production | Daniele Bellucci | Production Secretary |
| Production | Franco Fenu | Production Secretary |
| Production | Paolo Mattioli | Production Secretary |
| Production | Luca Mancini | Production Secretary |
| Production | Enzo Lucarini | Administration |
| Production | Roberto Penna | Administration |
| Directing | Roberto Pariante | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alessandro Incrocci | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vittoria Vigorelli | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Gaia D'Onofrio | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Stefano Coletta | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Alessandro Ghiara | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Giulio Pietromarchi | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Franco Borni | Sound |
| Sound | Gianni Sardo | Sound |
| Sound | Alfredo Petti | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Vincenzo Falsaperla | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luigi Rocchetti | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Blasi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Di Salvio | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jole Cecchini | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paolo Franceschi | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raoul Settimelli | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Castrignano | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giampiero Grassi | Seamstress |
| Art | Alessandro Alberti | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Edoardo Di Iorio | Assistant Production Design |
| Lighting | Valerio Garzia | Gaffer |
| Camera | Mauro Anzelotti | Key Grip |
| Editing | Gasperina Marani | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Rita Polidori | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Adriano Torbidone | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Renato Marinelli | Foley Artist |
| Crew | Paolo Ricci | Special Effects |
