
Synopsis
Origin:
Vittorio Gassman brings Dumas's "Kean - Genius and Debauchery," adapted by Sartre, to television. Edmund Kean is a hugely popular and theatrical 19th-century English actor who is, however, addicted to vice and deeply in debt. He competes with the Prince of Wales, his partner in debauchery, for the wife of the Danish ambassador.
Director
Release Date
1955-04-29
Original Language
IT
Cast

Vittorio Gassman
Edmund Kean

Valeria Valeri
Contessa di Koefeld

Anna Maria Ferrero
Anna Damby

Mario Feliciani
Salomon

Dina Sassoli
Contessa di Gosswill

Luigi Vannucchi
Principe di Galles

Raffaele Giangrande
Conte di Koefeld

Ferruccio Stagni
Peter Pat

Marcello Bertini
Lord Mewill

Giulio Bosetti
direttore del teatro

Mirella Castiglione
Fanny

Mario Maranzana
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