Ferdinando and Carolina

Ferdinando and Carolina — Plot

1820s Naples: On his death bed, King Ferdinando I tries to escape the ghosts of his bloody kingship by recounting his youth, when he was allowed a life of frivolity. However, then he was obliged to marry Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political convention: unexpectedly, they became happy lovers, until court power games divide them, and a life-changing historical season arrived.

• Release date
• April 2, 1999
• Runtime
• 102 min
• Genres
• Romance, Drama, Comedy, History
• Director
• Lina Wertmüller

Ferdinando and Carolina — Cast

Sergio Assisi Ferdinando I Gabriella Pession Maria Carolina Nicole Grimaudo Principessa di Medina Adriano Pantaleo Ferdinando I Borbone (bambino) Lola Pagnani Sara Goudar

C

Carlo Caprioli Emperor Giuseppe d'Asburgo

M

Moira Grassi Countess S. Marco

V

Vanessa Sabet Maria Giuseppa