{{Infobox film | name = The Former Mattia Pascal | image = Mattiapascal fotoscena.jpg | caption = | director = Pierre Chenal | producer = | writer = {{ubl|Pierre Chenal|Luigi Pirandello (story)|Armand Salacrou|Christian Stengel}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Pierre Blanchar|Isa Miranda|Irma Gramatica}} | music = {{ubl|Luigi Ferrari Trecate|Jacques Ibert}} | cinematography = Francesco Izzarelli | editing = | studio = {{ubl|Ala Film|Colosseum Film}} | distributor = Colosseum Film | released = {{Film date|1937|04|08|df=yes}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = | gross = }} ''''' The Former Mattia Pascal''''' ({{langx|it|Il fu Mattia Pascal}}) is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Irma Gramatica.<ref>Landy p.155</ref> It is based on the 1904 novel ''Il fu Mattia Pascal'' by Luigi Pirandello. The film was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. A separate French-language version was also made, under the title ''The Man from Nowhere''.
The film's art direction was by Guido Fiorini.
==Cast== * Pierre Blanchar as Mattia Pascal * Isa Miranda as Luisa Paleari * Irma Gramatica as La vedova Pescatore * Nella Maria Bonora as Romilda Pescatore Pascal * Olga Solbelli as Silvia Caporale * Enrico Glori as Il conte Papiano * Adele Garavaglia as Angelica Bonafede Pascal * Silvio Bagolini as Il portiere dell'hotel Luxor * Pina Gallini as Zia Scolastica * Luigi Pralavorio as Pomino * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il bibliotecario anziano * Luigi Zerbinati as L'idiota della pensione * Cesare Zoppetti as Paleari * Alberto Angelini * Guido Barbarisi * Ornella Da Vasto * Fernando De Crucciati * Nino Eller * Claudio Ermelli as Il becchino * Enzo Gainotti * Mario Gallina * Luisa Garella * Fausto Guerzoni as Un cameriere * Rita Livesi * Achille Majeroni * Nicola Maldacea * Cesare Polacco as Un ospite della pensione * Giovanna Scotto * Edda Soligo as Una signora al tavolo da giocco * Gino Viotti
==References== <references/>
==Bibliography== * Landy, Marcia. ''Fascism in Film: The Italian Commercial Cinema, 1931-1943''. Princeton University Press, 2014.
==External links== *{{IMDb title|1639392}}
{{Pierre Chenal}} {{The Late Mattia Pascal}}
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