Movie

Pagliacci (1936)

• December 11, 1936
• 1h 32m

• Music
• Drama

Overview

Canio and his Comedia dell'Arte troupe tour Italy. His wife Nedda meets a young cadet and they plan to elope. He tries to leave her when he finds how important she is for his husband, but a rejected trouper interferes. As jealous Canio suspects the truth the tragedy approaches. The film was partly made in Ufacolor.

Director

Karl Grune

Writers

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Ernest Betts, Roger Burford, John Drinkwater

Starring

Richard Tauber, Steffi Duna, Diana Napier