The Courier of the King
1947 Italian film
- Stendhal (novel)
- Ignazio Nicolai
- Mario Monicelli
- Ernesto Guida
- Steno
- Gennaro Righelli
- Rossano Brazzi
- Irasema Dilián
- Valentina Cortese
- Carlo Ninchi
Production
company
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Domus Film
Release date
- 4 December 1947 (1947-12-04)
Running time
The Courier of the King (Italian: Il corriere del re) is a 1947 Italian historical film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Rossano Brazzi, Irasema Dilián and Valentina Cortese.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1830 novel The Red and the Black by Stendhal. It was the final film of the veteran director Righelli, who had previously directed a silent version of the story in 1928. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti.
Cast
- Rossano Brazzi as Julien Sorel
- Irasema Dilián as Mathilde de la Mole
- Valentina Cortese as Louise de Renal
- Carlo Ninchi as Il marchese de la Mole
- Aldo Silvani as Il signor de Renal
- Laura Carli as La signora Valmod
- Fiore Davanzati as Emilia
- Massimo Serato as Maurice Croisenois
- Camillo Pilotto as Valmod
- Oreste Fares as L'abate Chenal
- Armando Francioli as Norbert de la Mole
- Vittorio Sanipoli as Luz
- Nerio Bernardi
- Ida Bracci Dorati
- Magda Forlenza
References
- ^ Moliterno p.208
Bibliography
- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- The Courier of the King at IMDb
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Films directed by Gennaro Righelli
- Red Love (1921)
- The Voyage (1921)
- Under the Snow (1922)
- La Boheme (1923)
- Orient (1924)
- Rudderless (1924)
- The Doll Queen (1925)
- The Champion of the World (1927)
- Homesick (1927)
- Svengali (1927)
- Five Anxious Days (1928)
- Orient (1928)
- The Secret Courier (1928)
- The President (1928)
- Their Son (1929)
- The Night of Terror (1929)
- The Song of Love (1930)
- The Blue Fleet (1932)
- Together in the Dark (1933)
- The Last of the Bergeracs (1934)
- Mr. Desire (1934)
- Those Two (1935)
- The Amnesiac (1936)
- White Amazons (1936)
- Lasciate ogni speranza (1937)
- They've Kidnapped a Man (1938)
- La voce senza volto (1939)
- The Boarders at Saint-Cyr (1939)
- The Knight of San Marco (1939)
- Down with Misery (1945)
- Peddlin' in Society (1946)
- The Courier of the King (1947)
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