The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

The story

Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity". Mattia Pascal is a downtrodden average man, treated like trash by his fiancée, scorned by his associates, and cheated out of his inheritance by contemptuous relatives. The dispirited Pascal heads to Monte Carlo, accruing a fortune and also assuming the identity of a less fortunate gambler who killed himself. The "new" Pascal is treated with a dignity and respect that overwhelms him--and nearly kills him.

Cast

M Marcello MastroianniMattia Pascal S Senta BergerClara F Flavio BucciTerenzio Papiano L Laura MoranteAdriana Paleari L Laura del SolRomilda Pescatore A Andréa FerréolSilvia Caporale B Bernard BlierAnselmo Paleari C Caroline BergVéronique N Néstor GarayGiambattista Malagna A Alessandro HaberMino Pomino C Carlo BagnoPellegrinotto C Clelia RondinellaOliva Salvoni

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R Rosalia MaggioVedova pescatore F Flora CantoriMadre di Mattia H Helen SterlingZia Scolastica F François MarinovichPadre di Pomino E Elettra Mancini FerruaGovernante di Casa Pascal M Maria Paola SuttoProstituta P Paul MüllerGiocatore a Montecarlo V Victor CavalloAvvocato Settebellezze T Tonino ProiettiAmante di Clara G Giuseppe CedernaGiovane Bisca Veneziano