

Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity". Mattia Pascal is a downtrodden average man, treated like trash by his fiancée, scorned by his associates, and cheated out of his inheritance by contemptuous relatives. The dispirited Pascal heads to Monte Carlo, accruing a fortune and also assuming the identity of a less fortunate gambler who killed himself. The "new" Pascal is treated with a dignity and respect that overwhelms him--and nearly kills him.
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Cast

Marcello Mastroianni
Mattia Pascal

Senta Berger
Clara

Flavio Bucci
Terenzio Papiano

Laura Morante
Adriana Paleari

Laura del Sol
Romilda Pescatore

Andréa Ferréol
Silvia Caporale

Bernard Blier
Anselmo Paleari

Caroline Berg
Véronique

Néstor Garay
Giambattista Malagna

Alessandro Haber
Mino Pomino

Carlo Bagno
Pellegrinotto

Clelia Rondinella
Oliva Salvoni
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