The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
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.
Release Date
August 30, 1985Runtime
178 minDirected by
Mario Monicelli, Francesco Germi, Giorgio Gobbi, Amanzio TodiniScreenplay by
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Ennio De Concini, Amanzio Todini, Mario MonicelliStory by
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Ennio De Concini, Amanzio Todini, Mario MonicelliLanguage
ItalianBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Marcello Mastroianni
Mattia PascalSenta Berger
ClaraFlavio Bucci
Terenzio PapianoLaura Morante
Adriana PaleariLaura del Sol
Romilda PescatoreAndréa Ferréol
Silvia CaporaleBernard Blier
Anselmo PaleariCaroline Berg
VéroniqueNéstor Garay
Giambattista MalagnaAlessandro Haber
Mino PominoCarlo Bagno
PellegrinottoClelia Rondinella
Oliva SalvoniPaul Müller
Giocatore a MontecarloVictor Cavallo
Avvocato SettebellezzeGiuseppe Cederna
Giovane Bisca Veneziano