The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990)
Serafina, Pulcinella and Isabella are three lusty, beautiful members of a traveling theatrical troupe touring the French countryside in the 17th century, leaving in their wake a crop of broken hearts. This picaresque romantic comedy is based on the 1863 novel Le Capitaine Fracasse by Theophile Gauthier. In the story, the company stops at a castle owned by the scruffy young Baron de Sigognac, who is deeply smitten with the charms of the middle-aged (and somewhat morose) beauty Serafina. He decides to travel with the company, and Serafina perversely tries to get him to woo the youngest of the company, the newly bereaved Isabella.
Director:
Ettore Scola
Writers:
Ettore Scola, Furio Scarpelli.
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Massimo Troisi as Pulcinella |
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Ornella Muti as Serafina |
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Vincent Perez as Baron de Sigognac |
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Emmanuelle Béart as Isabella |
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Jean-François Perrier as Matamore |
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Ciccio Ingrassia as Pietro, Sigognac's servant |
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Toni Ucci as The tyrant |
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Remo Girone as Vallombrosa |
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Marco Messeri as Il Marchese |
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Claudio Amendola as Agostino il brigante |
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Massimo Wertmüller as Leandro |
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Lauretta Masiero as Lady Leonarde |
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Tosca D'Aquino as Zerbina |
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Giuseppe Cederna as l'intendente di Sanità |
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Mariangela Giordano as La Marchesina di Bruyères |
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Renato Nicolini as |
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Patrizia Sacchi as |
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Naike Rivelli as |
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Lucio Rosato as |
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Tommaso Bianco as |
| Camera | Luciano Tovoli | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Théophile Gautier | Novel |
| Writing | Ettore Scola | Screenplay |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Production Design |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Francesco Malvestito | Editor |
| Editing | Raimondo Crociani | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Odette Nicoletti | Costume Design |
| Directing | Ettore Scola | Director |
| Art | Luciano Ricceri | Production Design |
| Writing | Vincenzo Cerami | Story |
| Directing | Iole Natoli | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Roberto Marsigli | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Carmine Parmigiani | Production Manager |
| Production | Franco Committeri | Producer |
| Directing | Francesco Bonelli | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Ezio Di Monte | Set Decoration |
| Art | Cinzia Lo Fazio | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Franco Cremonini | Production Manager |
| Directing | Franco Angeli | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Simona De Laurentiis | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Giancarlo Malvestito | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Lorenzo Tovoli | Second Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Adriano Pischiutta | Special Effects |
| Crew | Giancarlo Mancini | Special Effects |
| Writing | Fulvio Ottaviano | Story |
| Art | Domenico Sica | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Barbara Scotton | Production Secretary |
| Editing | Antonio Di Mambro | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Luciano Ricceri | Producer |
| Writing | Silvia Scola | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mirella Ginnoto | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giacoma Mellini | Seamstress |
| Sound | Pierre Befve | Sound |
| Camera | Stefano Ricciotti | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mario Tursi | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tiziana Sisi | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Luciana Nusca | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Renato Serio | Conductor |
| Production | Giorgio Scotton | Line Producer |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Ettore Giliberto | Accountant |
| Lighting | Alberto Altibrandi | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otello Sisi | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Fabio Laureti | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Antonio Di Lorenzo | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michel Kharat | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Di Salvio | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Alberto Emidi | Key Grip |
| Production | Nicola Mastrorilli | Unit Manager |
| Production | Gianfranco Morra | Administration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carla Cimino | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luigi Benedetti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Crew | Nello Cappelli | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paolo Franceschi | Hairstylist |
| Production | Riccardo Foti | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ida Meo | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudia Bianchi | Hairstylist |
| Production | Erasmo Colucci | Accountant |
| Art | Paolo Luciani | Property Master |
| Sound | Renato Marinelli | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Danilo Sterbini | Sound Mixer |