Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
| Kean: Genius or Scoundrel | |
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| Directed by | Vittorio Gassman |
| Written by | Suso Cecchi D'Amico Vittorio Gassman Francesco Rosi |
| Produced by | Franco Cristaldi |
| Starring | Vittorio Gassman Eleonora Rossi Drago Anna Maria Ferrero Gérard Landry |
| Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
| Edited by | Enzo Alfonzi |
| Music by | Roman Vlad |
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| Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (Italian: Kean - Genio e sregolatezza) is a 1956 Italian historical biographical film co-written, directed by and starring Vittorio Gassman. It also features Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gérard Landry and Valentina Cortese A dramatization of the life of nineteenth century actor Edmund Kean, it is based on the drama play Kean (1836) by Alexandre Dumas and its 1953 adaptation with the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre. It was Gassman's first film as director. It was screened at the Locarno Film Festival in 1957.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori. Much of the film was shot at the Teatro Valle in Rome.