

“Hanging is too good for Cellini...declared the Duchess, so she smothered him...in her arms!”
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Directed by Gregory La Cava
User score
14 votes





Released
August 24, 1934
1h 20m
English

Constance Bennett
Duchess of Florence

Fredric March
Benvenuto Cellini

Frank Morgan
Alessandro, Duke of Florence

Fay Wray
Angela

Vince Barnett
Ascanio

Jessie Ralph
Beatrice

Louis Calhern
Ottaviano

Jay Eaton
Polverino

Paul Harvey
Emissary

Jack Rutherford
Captain of the Guards

Irene Ware
Daughter of the Royal House of Bocci

Lucille Ball
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Bonnie Bannon
Girl (uncredited)

Lionel Belmore
Court Member (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Palace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited)

Lane Chandler
Jailer (uncredited)

James Flavin
Palace Guard (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Mary Lange
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Theodore Lorch
Executioner (uncredited)