A clown's smile hides a blade in the world's most famous opera of rage.
Canio and his Comedia dell'Arte troupe tour Italy. His wife Nedda meets a young cadet and they plan to elope. He tries to leave her when he finds how important she is for his husband, but a rejected trouper interferes. As jealous Canio suspects the truth the tragedy approaches. The film was partly made in Ufacolor.
Acting
Richard Tauber's voice could shatter glass and your composure.
Production
Ufacolor's lurid hues make jealousy literally glow on screen.
Director
Karl Grune
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Richard Tauber's only dramatic film role; the Austrian tenor was primarily a concert and recording star.
Ufacolor was Nazi Germany's answer to Technicolor, making this technically a product of Goebbels' film apparatus despite the Italian source material.
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