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 MastroianniMattia Pascal
- Senta BergerClara
- Flavio BucciTerenzio Papiano
- Laura MoranteAdriana Paleari
- Laura del SolRomilda Pescatore
- Andréa FerréolSilvia Caporale
- Bernard BlierAnselmo Paleari
- Caroline BergVéronique
- Néstor GarayGiambattista Malagna
- Alessandro HaberMino Pomino
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- Mario MonicelliDirector
- Mario MonicelliScreenplay
- Ennio De ConciniScreenplay
- Amanzio TodiniScreenplay
- Luigi PirandelloNovel
- Camillo BazzoniDirector of Photography
- Nicola PiovaniOriginal Music Composer
- Ruggero MastroianniEditor
- Carlo CucchiProducer
- Silvia D'Amico BendicòProducer
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