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.
Cast
Massimo Troisi
Pulcinella
Ornella Muti
Serafina
Vincent Perez
Baron de Sigognac
Emmanuelle Béart
Isabella
Jean-François Perrier
Matamore
Ciccio Ingrassia
Pietro, Sigognac's servant
Toni Ucci
The tyrant
Remo Girone
Vallombrosa
Marco Messeri
Il Marchese
Claudio Amendola
Agostino il brigante
Massimo Wertmüller
Leandro
Lauretta Masiero
Lady Leonarde
Tosca D'Aquino
Zerbina
Giuseppe Cederna
l'intendente di Sanità
Mariangela Giordano
La Marchesina di Bruyères
Renato Nicolini
Unknown
Patrizia Sacchi
Unknown
Naike Rivelli
Unknown
Lucio Rosato
Unknown
Tommaso Bianco
Unknown
Crew
Ettore Scola
Director, Screenplay
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay
Vincenzo Cerami
Story
Fulvio Ottaviano
Story
Silvia Scola
Story
Théophile Gautier
Novel
Francesco Malvestito
Editor
Raimondo Crociani
Editor
Antonio Di Mambro
Assistant Editor
Luciana Nusca
Assistant Editor
Giancarlo Malvestito
Assistant Editor
Luciano Tovoli
Director of Photography
Franco Angeli
First Assistant Director
Simona De Laurentiis
Second Assistant Director
Francesco Bonelli
Second Assistant Director
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Producer
Luciano Ricceri
Producer, Production Design
Mario Cecchi Gori
Producer
Franco Committeri
Producer
Giorgio Scotton
Line Producer
Paolo Biagetti
Production Design
Stefano Ricciotti
Camera Operator
Roberto Marsigli
First Assistant Camera
Lorenzo Tovoli
Second Assistant Camera
Luigi Benedetti
Assistant Costume Designer
Ida Meo
Assistant Costume Designer
Odette Nicoletti
Costume Design
Paolo Franceschi
Hairstylist
Mirella Ginnoto
Hairstylist
Claudia Bianchi
Hairstylist
Tiziana Sisi
Makeup Artist
Mario Di Salvio
Makeup Artist
Otello Sisi
Makeup Artist
Antonio Di Lorenzo
Sound Editor
Danilo Sterbini
Sound Mixer
Pierre Befve
Sound
Michel Kharat
Boom Operator
Renato Marinelli
Foley Artist
Giancarlo Mancini
Special Effects
Nello Cappelli
Special Effects
Adriano Pischiutta
Special Effects
Armando Trovajoli
Original Music Composer
Erasmo Colucci
Accountant
Ettore Giliberto
Accountant
Ezio Di Monte
Set Decoration
Mario Tursi
Still Photographer
Iole Natoli
Script Supervisor
Paolo Luciani
Property Master
Cinzia Lo Fazio
Assistant Production Design
Domenico Sica
Assistant Production Design
Alberto Emidi
Key Grip
Alberto Altibrandi
Gaffer
Carmine Parmigiani
Production Manager
Franco Cremonini
Production Manager
Giacoma Mellini
Seamstress
Carla Cimino
Seamstress
Nicola Mastrorilli
Unit Manager
Renato Serio
Conductor
Gianfranco Morra
Administration
Riccardo Foti
Production Secretary
Fabio Laureti
Production Secretary
Barbara Scotton
Production Secretary
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