The Former Mattia Pascal

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The Former Mattia Pascal
Mattiapascal fotoscena.jpg
Directed by Pierre Chenal
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Francesco Izzarelli
Music by
Production
companies
  • Ala Film
  • Colosseum Film
Distributed byColosseum Film
Release date
  • 8 April 1937 (1937-04-08)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Former Mattia Pascal (Italian: Il fu Mattia Pascal) is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Irma Gramatica. [1] It is based on the 1904 novel Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello. The film was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. A separate French-language version was also made, under the title The Man from Nowhere .

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The film's art direction was by Guido Fiorini.

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  1. Landy p.155

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