---
title: 'The Courier of the King (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gennaro Righelli'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-courier-of-the-king-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039280/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Courier of the King (1947)

1947 · 98 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Il corriere del re

## Synopsis

The Courier of the King is a 1947 Italian historical film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Rossano Brazzi, Irasema Dilián and Valentina Cortese. It is an adaptation of the 1830 novel The Red and the Black by Stendhal. It was the final film of the veteran director Righelli, who had previously directed a silent version of the story in 1928. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gennaro Righelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennaro-righelli)
- **Screenplay:** [Gennaro Righelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennaro-righelli), [Mario Monicelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-monicelli), [Steno](https://cinepixo.com/people/steno)
- **Editor:** [Gennaro Righelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennaro-righelli)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Giuseppe Becce](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-becce)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carlo Montuori](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-montuori)

## Cast

- [Aldo Silvani](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-silvani)
- [Massimo Serato](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-serato)
- [Vittorio Sanipoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-sanipoli)
- [Camillo Pilotto](https://cinepixo.com/people/camillo-pilotto)
- [Laura Carli](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-carli)
- [Irasema Dilián](https://cinepixo.com/people/irasema-dilian)
- [Armando Francioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-francioli)
- [Nerio Bernardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nerio-bernardi)
- [Oreste Fares](https://cinepixo.com/people/oreste-fares)
- [Carlo Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ninchi)
- [Valentina Cortese](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-cortese)
- [Rossano Brazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/rossano-brazzi) as Julien Sorel

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