The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

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.

• Mario MonicelliDirector
• Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
• Ennio De ConciniScreenplay
• Amanzio TodiniScreenplay
• Mario MonicelliScreenplay
• Nicola PiovaniOriginal Music Composer

• Marcello MastroianniMattia Pascal
• Senta BergerClara
• Flavio BucciTerenzio Papiano
• Laura MoranteAdriana Paleari
• Laura del SolRomilda Pescatore
• Andréa FerréolSilvia Caporale
• Bernard BlierAnselmo Paleari
• Caroline BergVéronique
• Néstor GarayGiambattista Malagna
• Alessandro HaberMino Pomino
• Carlo BagnoPellegrinotto
• Clelia RondinellaOliva Salvoni