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5.3/10   138 votes
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Director:
Anthony Mann
Writers:
Ivan Goff (screenplay) &
Ben Roberts (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 March 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The most thrilling story-with-music ever made is Mario Lanza in 'Serenade.' All the quivering excitement of James M. Cain's best-seller...The story of a farm hand who won fame as a singer and almost lost his soul as a man! more
Plot:
Damon Vincenti, a young vineyard worker, has a beautiful tenor voice and dreams of becoming a great opera singer... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Mario Lanza's greatest Movie! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Mario Lanza ... Damon Vincenti

Joan Fontaine ... Kendall Hale

Sara Montiel ... Juana Montes (as Sarita Montiel)

Vincent Price ... Charles Winthrop
Joseph Calleia ... Maestro Marcatello
Harry Bellaver ... Monte
Vince Edwards ... Marco Roselli
Silvio Minciotti ... Lardelli
Frank Puglia ... Manuel Montes

Edward Platt ... Everett Carter
Licia Albanese ... Soprano
Jean Fenn ... Soprano
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Additional Details

Runtime:
121 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Warnercolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | Belgium:Tous | UK:U (original rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Remade as Kirik plak (1959) more
Soundtrack:
Serenade more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Mario Lanza's greatest Movie!, 28 November 2005
10/10

Some might say that Mario Lanza was overweight and not in his best voice for this Movie, but that would be judging him by those factors alone. This in my opinion ironically is Lanza's best Movie ever! Serenade is a very dramatic Movie with great performances from the likes of Joan Fontaine and in particular Sarita Montiel who really makes this Picture. Add this to the beautiful colourful backdrops and a haunting and dramatic score in the use of 'Serenade', and what you have is a cocktail for a fabulous Movie! For a two hour Film this could have been 'over-long' but in fact the two hours fly by as the whole is so absorbing.

This lush Masterpiece from 1956 is so under-rated as to never have been released on either Video or DVD in the United Kingdom - and only on Video for a limited period in the USA. If you want to own this Movie you're going to have to be patient and hunt madly, but it will be well worth the time spent! And for those who've already seen it, they will want to own it also, and so you'll have some pretty stiff competition in obtaining one of those scarce copies! If you haven't seen it, then book yourself a night in when it is next shown on TV for a great piece of entertainment, and have the chocolates and wine at the ready for a good quality night's viewing!

This is a superb production - oh, and don't forget the tissues!

Simply magic!

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