Film
Ferdinando and Carolina
Italy- Director
- Lina Wertmüller
- Year
- 1999
1820s Naples: On his death bed, King Ferdinando I tries to escape the ghosts of his bloody kingship by recounting his youth, when he was allowed a life of frivolity. However, then he was obliged to marry Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political convention: unexpectedly, they became happy lovers, until court power games divide them, and a life-changing historical season arrived.
Top cast
Sergio Assisi
Ferdinando I
Gabriella Pession
Maria Carolina
Nicole Grimaudo
Principessa di Medina
Adriano Pantaleo
Ferdinando I Borbone (bambino)
Lola Pagnani
Sara Goudar
Carlo Caprioli
Emperor Giuseppe d'Asburgo
Moira Grassi
Countess S. Marco
Vanessa Sabet
Maria Giuseppa
Matt Patresi
Angelo Goudar
Yari Gugliucci
Gennarino Rivelli
Lucilla Vacondio
Lady Stratfordshire
Elena Presti
Principessa di Floridia
Paolo De Giorgio
Principe di Caramanico
Moira Grassi
Contessa S. Marco
Carlo Caprioli
Imperatore Giuseppe D'Asburgo
Giuseppe Bottiglieri
Giacomo Goudar
Directed by
Lina Wertmüller
Written by
Lina Wertmüller, Raffaele La Capria
Produced by
Edwin Fenech, Edwige Fenech
