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:
Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola.
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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 |
| Directing | Ettore Scola | Director |
| Writing | Théophile Gautier | Novel |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ettore Scola | Screenplay |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Luciano Tovoli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Raimondo Crociani | Editor |
| Editing | Francesco Malvestito | Editor |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Production Design |
| Art | Luciano Ricceri | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Odette Nicoletti | Costume Design |
| Writing | Vincenzo Cerami | Story |
| Writing | Fulvio Ottaviano | Story |
| Writing | Silvia Scola | Story |
| Directing | Franco Angeli | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Franco Cremonini | Production Manager |
| Production | Carmine Parmigiani | Production Manager |
| Production | Giorgio Scotton | Line Producer |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Franco Committeri | Producer |
| Production | Luciano Ricceri | Producer |
| Sound | Renato Serio | Conductor |
| Art | Ezio Di Monte | Set Decoration |
| Art | Domenico Sica | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Cinzia Lo Fazio | Assistant Production Design |
| Directing | Iole Natoli | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Simona De Laurentiis | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Francesco Bonelli | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Stefano Ricciotti | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Roberto Marsigli | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Lorenzo Tovoli | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mario Tursi | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Pierre Befve | Sound |
| Sound | Michel Kharat | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ida Meo | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luigi Benedetti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otello Sisi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Di Salvio | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tiziana Sisi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mirella Ginnoto | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paolo Franceschi | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudia Bianchi | Hairstylist |
| Production | Nicola Mastrorilli | Unit Manager |
| Production | Barbara Scotton | Production Secretary |
| Production | Fabio Laureti | Production Secretary |
| Production | Riccardo Foti | Production Secretary |
| Production | Gianfranco Morra | Administration |
| Production | Ettore Giliberto | Accountant |
| Production | Erasmo Colucci | Accountant |
| Sound | Antonio Di Lorenzo | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Luciana Nusca | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Antonio Di Mambro | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Giancarlo Malvestito | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carla Cimino | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giacoma Mellini | Seamstress |
| Art | Paolo Luciani | Property Master |
| Lighting | Alberto Altibrandi | Gaffer |
| Camera | Alberto Emidi | Key Grip |
| Crew | Adriano Pischiutta | Special Effects |
| Crew | Giancarlo Mancini | Special Effects |
| Crew | Nello Cappelli | Special Effects |
| Sound | Danilo Sterbini | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Renato Marinelli | Foley Artist |