Il SOLE ANCHE DI NOTTE
Year:
1990
Directed by Paolo Taviani / Vittorio Taviani
Featuring Patricia Millardet / Julian Sands / Charlotte Gainsbourg
Featuring Patricia Millardet / Julian Sands / Charlotte Gainsbourg
Set in eighteenth century southern Italy, and based on the novel FATHER SERGIUS by Leo Tolstoy in which a young Italian nobleman embarks on a search for `inner and outer spiritual perfection' after discovering that the beautiful duchess whom the King has arranged for him to marry is an ex- mistress of the King.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Aurélia Patricia Millardet
- Sergio Giuramondo Julian Sands
- Matilda Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Cristina Nastassja Kinski
- Prince Santobuono Massimo Bonetti
- Sergio's mother Margarita Lozano
- Aurelia Patricia Millardet
- King Charles III Rüdiger Vogler
- Giuseppina Giuramonda Pamela Villoresi
- bishop Geppy Gleijeses
- Duchess Del Carpio Sonia Gessner
- Gesuino Tony Sperandeo
- peasant woman Matilde Piana
- Matilda's father Vittorio Capotorto
- Duke Del Carpio Riccardo Perisio Perrotti
- Eugenio Salvatore Rossi
- Concetta Teresa Brescianini
- Father Biagio Biagio Barone
- lawyer Ferdinando Murolo
- organ player Aleksander Mincer
- minister Ubaldo Lo Presti
- Gesuino's son Carlo de Ruggieri
- Livia Maria Antonia Capotorto
- officer in coach Marco Di Stefano
- Sergio as a child Lorenzo Perpignani
- Giuseppina as a child Morena Turchi
- Cristina's younger brother Giovanni Cassinelli
- Cristina's younger sister Antonella Visini
- dubbed voice of Sergio Giancarlo Giannini
- dubbed voice of Aurelia Anna Cesareni
- dubbed voice of Matilda Ilaria Stagni
- dubbed voice of Sergio's mother Paola Mannoni
- . Massimiliano Scarpa
- . Lucioa Bastianini
- . Pino Patti
- . Francesco Ferrante
- . Mario Sandro De Luca
- . Peppe Bosone
- . Giovanni Fois
- . Carlo Di Maio
- . Fausto Lombardi
- . Dora Romano
- . Miana Merisi
- . Antonella Cocciante
- . Federica Paulillo
- . Ilaria Borelli
- . Luigi Laurito
- . Agostino Belloni
- . Massimo Abate
- . Ezio Nandi
- . Giorgia Palombi
- . Tonino Maresca
- . Nicoletta Barberio
- . Daniele Lovecchio
- . Claudio Lovecchio
- . Angela Fraccalvieri
Credits
Direction
- Director Paolo Taviani
- Director Vittorio Taviani
- Assistant Director Maria Teresa Girosi
- Assistant Director Francesco Vedovato
Production
- Production Company Filmtre
- Production Company Raiuno
- Production Company RAI
- Production Company Capoul
- Production Company Paris Interpool
- Production Company Sara Films (Paris)
- Production Company Munich Direkt Film
- Executive Producer Grazia Volpi
- Producer Giuliani G. De Negri
- Production Organiser Claudio Grassetti
- Production Manager Jacques Bourdon
- Production Manager Alberto Passone
- Production Supervisor Rita Di Tommaso
- Production Supervisor Raffaele Veneruso
Casting
- Casting Francesco Cinieri
- Casting (Germany) Risa Kes
Writing
- Screenplay Paolo Taviani
- Screenplay Vittorio Taviani
- Screenplay Collaborator Tonino Guerra
- French Dialogue Claude Veillot
- Dialogue Adapter Filippo Ottoni
- Based on the story 'Father Sergius' by Leo Tolstoy
Photography
- Director of Photography Giuseppe Lanci
- Camera Operator Fabio Conversi
- Steadicam Operator Nicola Pecorini
Editing
- Editor Roberto Perpignani
Design
- Art Director Gianni Sbarra
- Set Designer Osvaldo Desideri
- Wall Hangings Enrico Sanchini
- Dresser Maura Zuccherofino
Costumes
- Costume Designer Lina Nerli Taviani
Make-up
- Make-up Alessandro Iacoponi
Music
- Music Nicola Piovani
- Music Performed by Orchestra Unione Musicisti di Roma
- Music Director Nicola Piovani
Sound
- Music Recording Sergio Marcotulli
- Sound Mix Danilo Sternini
- Sound Editor Frank Jahn