KAOS
Year:
1984
Directed by Paolo Taviani / Vittorio Taviani
Featuring Margarita Lozano / Fiorella Mari / Maria Teresa Di Fede
Featuring Margarita Lozano / Fiorella Mari / Maria Teresa Di Fede
Compilation of five episodes based on short stories by Luigi Pirandello; the Other Son; Moonstruck; the Jar; Requiem; A Talk With Mother.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Maria Grazia Margarita Lozano
- spoken voice of Maria Grazia Fiorella Mari
- young Maria Grazia Maria Teresa Di Fede
- doctor Carlo Cartier
- emigrant Giuseppe Sorge
- emigrant's wife Laura Mollica
- young emigrant Enzo Gambino
- patriarch Salvatore Rossi
- patriarch's son Claudio Gazziano
- carreteer Giovanni Catania
- Comizzi Orazio Torrisi
- water woman Matilde Piana
- Batà Claudio Bigagli
- Sidora Enrica Maria Modugno
- Saro Massimo Bonetti
- Sidora's mother Anna Malvica
- Zi' Dima Franco Franchi
- Don Lollò Ciccio Ingrassia
- lawyer Enzo Alessi
- lawyer's wife Maria Lauretta
- Sara Maria Lo Sardo
- Jeli Giovanni Marsala
- lawyer's sister Frida Terranova
- Salvatore Biagio Barone
- patriarch Salvatore Rossi
- Father Sarso Franco Scaldati
- Baron Pasquale Spadola
- Francesca, Salvatore's daughter Laura Mollica
- peasant Nello Accardi
- maiden Sabina Belfiore
- Carabinieri's officer Angelo Mezzasalma
- gravedigger Bartolo Vindigni
- Luigi Pirandello Omero Antonutti
- Pirandello's mother Regina Bianchi
- Saro Massimo Bonetti
- young Pirandello's grandmother Laura De Marchi
- young Pirandello's mother Giovanna Taviani
- Pirandello's aunt as a child Valentina Taviani
- Pirandello's uncle as a child Giuliano Taviani
- cast member Maria Terranova
- cast member Domenico Gennaro
- cast member Salvatore Mignosi
- cast member Tony Sperandeo
- cast member Fernando Jelo
- cast member Giorgio Guerrieri
Credits
Direction
- Director Paolo Taviani
- Director Vittorio Taviani
- Assistant Director Roberto Aristarco
Production
- © Filmtre
- © Raiuno
- Production Company Filmtre
- Production Company Raiuno
- In association with MK2 Productions
- Producer Giuliani G. De Negri
- Production Manager Barbara Galassi Berio
- Production Manager Claudio Gaeta
- Production Supervisor Grazia Volpi
Writing
- Screenplay Paolo Taviani
- Screenplay Vittorio Taviani
- Script Collaborator Tonino Guerra
- Original Short Stories Luigi Pirandello
Photography
- Director of Photography Giuseppe Lanci
- 2nd Unit Photographer Roberto Locci
- Colour Technician Giacomo Volpi
- Aerial Photographer Folco Quilici
- Camera Operator Giuseppe Di Biase
Stills
- Stills Photography Umberto Montiroli
Editing
- Editor Roberto Perpignani
Design
- Art Director Francesco Bronzi
Costumes
- cost Lina Nerli Taviani
Make-up
- Make-up Cesare Paciotti
- Hair Luciana Costanzi
Film processing
- Laboratory Cinecittà Colore
Music
- Music Composed and Conducted Nicola Piovani
Sound
- Sound Recording Alessandro Zanon
- Sound Re-recording Fausto Ancillai