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 byKarl Grune
Written by
Produced byMax Schach
Starring
CinematographyOtto Kanturek
Edited byWalter Stokvis
Music by
Production
company
Trafalgar Films
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 11 December 1936 (1936-12-11)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Production

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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]

Caught up in the technical procedures of the colour sequences, Grune asked Wendy Toye to direct the actors for him.[3]

Cast

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See also

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References

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Bibliography

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