text: Rigoletto (1956 film)
  
  Rigoletto or Rigoletto and His Tragedy (Italian: Rigoletto e la sua tragedia)  is a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film written and directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Luciano Tajoli and Jula De Palma. It is loosely based on the Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto and incorporated music from that work.
  
  The film's sets were designed by the art director Franco Lolli.
  
  Cast  
   Aldo Silvani as  Rigoletto
    Janet Vidor as  Gilda
   Gérard Landry as  Duke of Mantua
   Loris Gizzi as  Count of Ceprano
   Cesare Polacco as  Sparafucile
   Franca Tamantini as  Maddalena
   Gualtiero Tumiati as Count of  Monterone
   Nietta Zocchi as  Giovanna
   Vittorio Vaser as  Marullo
   Renato Chiantoni as  The Poet
    Mario Terribile as  Borsa
  
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  Category:1956 films
  Category:Italian-language films
  Category:Italian films
  Category:Italian musical drama films
  Category:1950s musical films
  Category:Films directed by Flavio Calzavara
  Category:Films based on operas
  Category:Films based on works by Victor Hugo