The Mandrake
They go wild about Rosanna Schiaffino
A bawdy, irreverent Renaissance comedy built on sexual scheming and deception, where the plot's moral transgressions are treated as fodder for farce rather than genuine harm.
A young man hatches a plan to sleep with another man's infertile wife. Based on the play by Machiavelli.
Essence
Ensemble
Rosanna Schiaffino
Lucrezia
Philippe Leroy
Calimaco
Totò
il frate
Jean-Claude Brialy
Ligurio
Romolo Valli
messer Nicia Calpucci
Nilla Pizzi
Sostrata
Armando Bandini
Siro
Pia Attanasio Fioretti
la 'francesina'
Mino Bellei
avventore dell'osteria
Donato Castellaneta
l'uomo-donna
Walter Pinelli
il negromante
Ugo Attanasio
lo stregone
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