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.
Top Cast
Marcello Mastroianni as Mattia Pascal
Senta Berger as Clara
Flavio Bucci as Terenzio Papiano
Laura Morante as Adriana Paleari
Laura del Sol as Romilda Pescatore
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