Rigoletto

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Rigoletto

1955

1h 31m

6.0(2 votes)

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Overview

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

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11 members

Acting

Aldo Silvani

Rigoletto

Acting

Janet Vidor

Gilda

Acting

Gérard Landry

Il duca di Mantova

Acting

Loris Gizzi

Il conte di Ceprano

Acting

Cesare Polacco

Sparafucile

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Acting

Franca Tamantini

Maddalena

Acting

Gualtiero Tumiati

Il conte di Monterone

Acting

Nietta Zocchi

Giovanna

Acting

Vittorio Vaser

Marullo

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Renato Chiantoni

the poet

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Mario Terribile

Borsa

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