l'homme de nulle part (1937)
Original title: l'homme de nulle part
Production: France, Italy|93 min| black and white
Dramatic, Comedy, Grotesque
mattia pascal is a serene and calm man, but since he married he lives an existence of hell, bullied by his mother-in-law and his wife. after the death of his mother, the man tries to escape from this dramatic existence and with little money in his pocket he goes to montecarlo, winning a colossal fortune at the casino in a few hours. back in the village he discovers that he is considered dead since a tramp drowned in the river was mistaken for him, and therefore he feels free. he thus assumes a new identity with the name of adriano meis, settles in rome in a boarding house and, having known the daughter of the owner, falls in love with him, even if the girl is engaged to a shady individual. he guesses some secrets in the man and tries to trap him, but mattia returns to the village, finds his wife remarried to a municipal employee and, to his great joy, blackmails him to receive a document certifying his new identity. feeling himself in good standing, he returns to rome to marry the beloved girl.
Origin of the subject
dal libro: Il fu Mattia Pascal (1904, Luigi Pirandello)
Direction
Pierre Chenal: regista
Corrado D'errico: aiuto regista
Mario Pannunzio: assistente alla regia
Gaetano Amata: assistente alla regia
Carlo José Bassoli: aiuto regista
Renato Fasola: aiuto regista
Production and Screenplay
Pierre Chenal: sceneggiatore
Armand Salacrou: sceneggiatore
Roger Vitrac: sceneggiatore
Christian Stengel: sceneggiatore
Interpreters and Characters
Nicola Maldacea(età:67)
Emma Gramatica(età:63)
Giovanna Scotto(età:42)
Guido Barbarisi(età:48)
Enzo Gainotti(età:45)
Mario Gallina(età:48)
Gino Viotti(età:63)
Rita Livesi(età:22)
Luisa Garella(età:16)
Maximilienne(età:53)
Gaston Dupray(età:51)
Margo Lion(età:38)
Yvonne Yma(età:50)
Georges Douking(età:35)
Jean Hebey(età:21)
Technical staff
Romolo Laurenti: ispettore di produzione
Jacques Ibert: musiche
Guido Fiorini: scenografo
Ugo Lombardi: direttore della fotografia
Francesco Izzarelli: operatore
Roger Vitrac: scenografo
Guy Simon: montatore
André Bac: direttore della fotografia
Giovanni Paris: fonico
Antonio Baroni: direttore di produzione
Sandro Ghenzi: direttore di produzione
Luigi Ferrari trecate: musiche
A.arduini: scenografo
Gino Carlo sensani: costumista
Belisario Randone: direttore di produzione
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller: direttore della fotografia