'o Re
movie
Released January 27, 1989
Overview
One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his Queen, Maria Sofia. This seriocomic drama follows the deposed royals as they adapt to their new lives. The former king has recognized the political finality of his deposition, but his queen has taken to traveling in men's clothing all over Italy trying to foment an uprising to restore them to the throne. She is also frantic to have a baby, an heir, but the king has become celibate as a kind of homage to his beloved mother; he spends all his time lobbying the Vatican to get her declared a saint.
Cast
Giancarlo Giannini
as
Francis II of the Two Sicilies
Ornella Muti
as
Maria Sophie of Bavaria
Carlo Croccolo
as
Rafele
Luc Merenda
as
Don Josè Borges
Cristina Marsillach
as
Luciana
Anna Maria Ackermann
as
Maria Theresa of Austria
Corrado Pani
as
General Coviello
Massimo Abbate
as
Prince Louis, Count of Trani
Anna Kanakis
as
Brigand Woman
Franco Pistoni
as
Police Commissioner Macchi
Franco Tavassi
as
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
Sergio Solli
as
Pulcinella
Crew
Luigi Magni
as
Director
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Giovanni Di Clemente
as
Producer
Ruggero Mastroianni
as
Editor
Luigi Magni
as
Screenplay
Franco Di Giacomo
as
Director of Photography
Lucia Mirisola
as
Production Design
Lucia Mirisola
as
Costume Design
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Vittoria Vigorelli
as
Script Supervisor
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Stefano Coletta
as
Camera Operator
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Paolo Franceschi
as
Hairstylist
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Rita Polidori
as
Assistant Editor
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Paolo Venditti
as
Unit Manager