

Ferdinando and Carolina
Overview
On his death bed in the 1820s, King Ferdinando I of Naples tries to escape the ghosts of his bloody kingship by remembering his younger days, when he was allowed to go hunting and have fun, and inventing love games. Then he was obliged to marry Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political marriage: unexpectedly, they became happy lovers, until court power games divided them, and a different historical season arrived.
Movie Details
Languages
Italian
Studio
Immagine e Cinema
Key Crew

Lina Wertmüller
Director

Raffaele La Capria
Writer

Lina Wertmüller
Writer

Edwige Fenech
Producer
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