Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
| Kean: Genius or Scoundrel | |
|---|---|
 German theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Vittorio Gassman |
| Produced by | Franco Cristaldi |
| Written by |
Suso Cecchi D'Amico Vittorio Gassman Francesco Rosi |
| Starring |
Vittorio Gassman Eleonora Rossi Drago |
| Music by | Roman Vlad |
| Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
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| Language | Italian |
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (Italian: Kean - Genio e sregolatezza) is a 1956 Italian biographical drama film co-written and directed by Vittorio Gassman. A dramatization of the life of Edmund Kean, it is based on the 1836 drama play Kean, ou Désordre et Génie of Alexandre Dumas and on its 1953 adaptation with the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre.[1][2]
Cast
- Vittorio Gassman as Edmund Kean
- Eleonora Rossi Drago as Countess Elena Koefeld
- Anna Maria Ferrero as Anna Damby
- Valentina Cortese as Fanny
- Helmut Dantine as Lord Mewill
- Carlo Mazzarella as Dario
- Cesco Baseggio as Salomon
- Nerio Bernardi as Count Koefeld
- Mario Carotenuto as Peter Patt
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