Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
German theatrical poster
Directed by Vittorio Gassman
Produced by Franco Cristaldi
Written by Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Vittorio Gassman
Francesco Rosi
Starring Vittorio Gassman
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Music by Roman Vlad
Cinematography Gianni Di Venanzo
Release date
  • 1956 (1956)
Language Italian

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (Italian: Kean - Genio e sregolatezza) is a 1956 Italian biographical drama film co-written and directed by Vittorio Gassman. A dramatization of the life of Edmund Kean, it is based on the 1836 drama play Kean, ou Désordre et Génie of Alexandre Dumas and on its 1953 adaptation with the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre.[1][2]

Cast

References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
  2. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
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