The Golden coach [videorecording] / Delphinus Hoche/Panaria Films ; director, Jean Renoir ; story and screenplay, Jean Renoir, Jack Kirkland, Renzo Avanzo, Giulio Macchi ; producer, Francesco Alliata.
Based on the play by Prosper Mérimée. Also released in French and Italian under the titles Le Carrosse d'Or and La Carrozza d'Oro respectively. Videodisc release of the 1953 motion picture. Special features include: new high definition digital transfer ; introduction to the film by Jean renoir ; video introduction by director Martin Scorcese ; "Jean Renoir parle de son art," part one of Jacques Rivette's three-part interview with Renoir ; a collection of rare production stills. Anna Magnani (Camilla), Odoardo Spadaro (Don Antonio), Nada Fiorelli (Isabella), Dante (Harlequin), Duncan Lamont (Viceroy), George Higgins (Martinez), Ralph Truman (The Duke), Gisella Mathews (The Marquise), Raf De La Terre (The Chief Justice), Elena Altieri (The Duchess), Paul Campbell (Felipe), Riccardo Rioli (Ramon the bullfighter), William C. Tubbs (The Innkeeper), Jean Debucourt (The Bishop).
Summary:
"In 18th-century Peru, an actress (Magnani) with a touring Commedia Dell'Arte troupe is wooed by a bullfighter (Rioli), a soldier (Campbell) and the Viceroy (Lamont). When the latter presents her with a golden coach from Europe, she donates it to the church and opts for her first love -- the theatre"--Ronald Bergan and Robyn Karney, The Holt foreign film guide.
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