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Pagliacci (1936)

Pagliacci poster
Directed by
Karl Grune
Genre
drama film, musical film
Country
United Kingdom, Italy
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A clown in a traveling theater troupe performs a comedy while his personal life falls apart. He must deal with jealousy and betrayal among the performers.

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What happens

Pagliacci (also known as A Clown Must Laugh) is a 1936 British musical film directed by Karl Grune and starring Richard Tauber, Steffi Duna and Diana Napier. The story was adapted by Monckton Hoffe and Roger Burford from the 1892 opera Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo, with lyrics by John Drinkwater. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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