Genres
Production Companies
Studio El
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
Gaumont
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Luciano Tovoli
Screenplay: Ettore Scola, Furio Scarpelli
Director: Ettore Scola
Story: Vincenzo Cerami, Fulvio Ottaviano, Silvia Scola
Producer: Franco Committeri, Mario Cecchi Gori, Luciano Ricceri, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Top 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
