'o Re
'o Re
Release: 1989-01-27
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 7.2
History
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
Italy
Production Companies
Clemi Cinematografica
Titanus
Cast
Ornella Muti
as Maria Sophie of Bavaria
Carlo Croccolo
as Rafele
Cristina Marsillach
as Luciana
Mari Hubert
as African Comedian
Alfredo Vasco
as Carmine Crocco
Franco Pistoni
as Police Commissioner Macchi
Franco Tavassi
as Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
Vincenzo Aronica
as Comedian with Violin
Eleonora Parlante
as Comedian with Hat
Sergio Silveri
as Brigand (uncredited)
Anna Kanakis
as Brigand Woman
Carlo Conversi
as Neapolitan Band Leader
Vanni Fois
as Borges' Traitor
Egidio Termine
as Garibaldino
Sergio Solli
as Pulcinella
Iaia Forte
as Comedian with Tambourine
Isabella Perricone
as Sicilian Comedian
Marcello Magnelli
as Brigand (uncredited)
Corrado Pani
as General Coviello
Erminio Bianchi Fasani
as Brigand (uncredited)
Luc Merenda
as Don Josè Borges
Luigi Rossi
Anna Maria Ackermann
as Maria Theresa of Austria
Giuseppe D'Aloja
as Brigand
Marco Di Stefano
as Borbonic Officer
Paolo Falace
as Luigi 'Chiavone' Alonso
Gianni Franco
as Italian General
Paolo Proietti
as Comedian with Stilts
Giancarlo Giannini
as Francis II of the Two Sicilies
Massimo Abbate
as Prince Louis, Count of Trani
