Cagliostro (1949)
L'avventurosa vita di Giuseppe Balsamo, ipnotizzatore, mago, amatore, orditore d'intrighi. Molti misteri a almeno altrettanti nemici. Coproduzione italo-americana con una parte a fagiolo per Welles, mago più che valente nella vita e mago del set (che diresse anche alcune scene). Ma nonostante le premesse, il film è un'occasione mancata.
Direttore:
Gregory Ratoff
Scrittori:
Charles Bennett, Richard Schayer.
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Orson Welles as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro |
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Nancy Guild as Marie Antoinette / Lorenza |
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Akim Tamiroff as Gitano |
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Frank Latimore as Gilbert de Rezel |
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Valentina Cortese as Zoraida |
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Margot Grahame as Mme. du Barry |
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Stephen Bekassy as Viscount de Montagne |
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Berry Kroeger as Alexandre Dumas, Sr. |
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Gregory Gaye as Chambord / Monk (as Gregory Gay) |
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Raymond Burr as Alexandre Dumas, Jr. |
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Charles Goldner as Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer |
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Lee Kresel as King Louis XVI / Innkeeper |
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Robert Atkins as King Louis XV |
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Nicholas Bruce as De Remy |
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Franco Corsaro as Chico |
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Annielo Mele as Joseph Balsamo as a Child |
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Ronald Adam as Court President |
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Bruce Belfrage as Crown Prosecutor |
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Alexander Danaroff as Dr. Duval / Baron von Minden |
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Leonardo Scavino as Gaston / Beniamino Balsamo (as Leon Lenoir) |
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Tamara Shayne as Maria Balsamo |
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Joop van Hulzen as Minister of Justice |
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Peter Trent as Dr. Mesmer's Friend |
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Giuseppe Varni as Boehmer |
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Tatyana Pavlova as Grieving Mother |
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Harriet Medin as (uncredited) |
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Valentino Bruchi as (uncredited) |
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Ludmilla Dudarova as (uncredited) |
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Rosina Galli as (uncredited) |
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Silvana Mangano as (uncredited) |
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Filippo Minelli as (uncredited) |
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Michele Sakara as (uncredited) |
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Nicholas Soussanin as (uncredited) |
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Milly Vitale as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Gregory Ratoff | Director |
| Writing | Alexandre Dumas | Novel |
| Writing | Charles Bennett | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Schayer | Screenplay |
| Production | Gregory Ratoff | Producer |
| Production | Dario Sabatello | Associate Producer |
| Production | Edward Small | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Paul Sawtell | Music |
| Camera | Ubaldo Arata | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Anchise Brizzi | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Otello Martelli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Fred R. Feitshans Jr. | Editor |
| Editing | James C. McKay | Editor |
| Editing | Renzo Lucidi | Editor |
| Art | Ottavio Scotti | Art Direction |
| Art | Jean d'Eaubonne | Art Direction |
| Art | Gino Brosio | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Don L. Cash | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georges Annenkov | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vittorio Nino Novarese | Costume Design |
| Directing | Orson Welles | Co-Director |