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Rigoletto (1982)

Rigoletto poster
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Genre
opera, musical film, melodrama
Country
Germany
Runtime
2h 08m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A court jester named Rigoletto helps his lecherous master seduce women but his own daughter becomes a target. He tries to protect her and gets caught in a vengeful plot.

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What happens

Rigoletto in a 1982 Italian opera film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and starring Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberová and Luciano Pavarotti, with the music score conducted by Riccardo Chailly. The film is based upon the 1851 opera of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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