The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal
Released: August 30, 1985Runtime: 178 minLanguage: IT
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.
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Marcello Mastroianni
as Mattia Pascal
Senta Berger
as Clara
Flavio Bucci
as Terenzio Papiano
Laura Morante
as Adriana Paleari
Laura Del Sol
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Caroline Berg
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Andrea Ferreol
as Silvia Caporale
Bernard Blier
as Anselmo Paleari
Alessandro Haber
as Mino Pomino
Nestor Garay
as Giambattista Malagna
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