Captain Fracasse (1940 film)

Captain Fracasse (Italian: Capitan Fracassa) is a 1940 Italian historical adventure film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Elsa De Giorgi, Giorgio Costantini and Osvaldo Valenti. It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film is based on the 1863 novel of the same name by Théophile Gautier.^[1] Another adaptation Captain Fracasse was made three years later as a co-production between France and Italy.

Captain Fracasse
Directed by	Duilio Coletti
Written by	Théophile Gautier (novel) Mario Pannunzio Piero Tellini Arrigo Benedetti Duilio Coletti Giacomo De Benedetti
Produced by	Vittorio Vassarotti
Starring	Elsa De Giorgi Giorgio Costantini Osvaldo Valenti
Cinematography	Jan Stallich
Edited by	Maria Rosada
Music by	Piero Giorgi
Production companies	Vi-Va Film La Magie Film
Distributed by	Artisti Associati
Release date	15 November 1940 (1940-11-15)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Elsa De Giorgi as Isabella
• Giorgio Costantini as Il barone di Sigognac / Capitan Fracassa
• Osvaldo Valenti as Il duca Ruggero di Vallombrosa
• Nerio Bernardi as Il principe
• Clara Calamai as Iolanda De Foix
• Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Leonarda, la madre nobile
• Egisto Olivieri as Il tiranno & il capocomico
• Renato Chiantoni as Scapino
• Ernesto Gentili as Leandro
• Pia De Doses as Zerbina
• Mario Siletti as Giacomo Lampourde
• Fiorella Betti as Chiquita
• Guido Morisi as Vidalino
• Dina Perbellini as La marchesa Di Bruyeres
• Franco Coop as Il falso brigante
• Ernesto Bianchi as Matamoro
• Umberto Casilini as Pietro, il vecchio servitore dei Sigognac
• Gildo Bocci as Il capitano delle guardie
• Arnaldo Firpo
• Fedele Gentile
• Romano Karninki
• Carlo Mariotti
• Carla Pedroni
• Nico Pepe