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Pagliacci is a 1936 British musical film directed by Karl Grune and starring Richard Tauber, Steffi Duna and Diana Napier.[1] It is an adaptation in English of the 1892 opera Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo.

Pagliacci
Directed by	Karl Grune
Written by	Ruggero Leoncavallo (libretto) Ernest Betts Roger Burford John Drinkwater Monckton Hoffe Bertolt Brecht Fritz Kortner
Produced by	Max Schach
Starring	Richard Tauber Steffi Duna Diana Napier
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek
Edited by	Walter Stokvis
Music by	Albert Coates Hanns Eisler
Production company	Trafalgar Films
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	11 December 1936
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Production

The film is shot partially in colour (using the UFAcolor process) and partially in black-and-white. The film's art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. The film was made by the independent Trafalgar Films at Elstree Studios. The film was a very expensive production, with Tauber himself receiving £60,000 for appearing, which turned into a costly flop on its release.[2]

Cast

• Richard Tauber as Canio Salvatini
• Steffi Duna as Nedda Salvatini
• Diana Napier as Trina
• Arthur Margetson as Tonio
• Esmond Knight as Cadet Silvio
• Jerry Verno as Beppe, comic trouper
• Gordon James as Leone
• Harry Milton as Cadet
• Ivan Wilmot as Silvio's Coach Driver
• John Traynor as Coach-Home Builder

See also

• List of early color feature films

References

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Pagliacci at IMDb

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