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Cast
Alessio Boni | ... |
Giacomo Puccini
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Sophie von Kessel | ... |
Elvira
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Andrea Giordana | ... |
Giulio Riccordi
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Francesca Cavallin | ... |
Liza Berman
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Sasa Vulicevic | ... |
Ghigliozzi
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Mirko Petrini | ... |
Pietro Mascagni
(as Mirco Petrini)
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Pippo Santonastaso | ... |
Nicchi
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Franco Castellano | ... |
Arturo Toscanini
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Stefania Sandrelli | ... |
Albina
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Antonio Salines | ... |
Giuseppe Giacosa
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Alberto Angrisano | ... |
Luigi Illica
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Pamela Saino | ... |
Doria Manfredi
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Serena Rossi | ... |
Cherie
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Ester Botta |
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Federica Picone |
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Lorenzo Majnoni | ... |
Amilcare Ponchielli
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Alberto Gimignani | ... |
Fontana
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Franziska Weisz | ... |
Sybil Seligman
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Bernd Jeschek | ... |
Dott. Landauer
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Riccardo Polizzy Carbonelli | ... |
Geminiani
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Lorenzo De Angelis | ... |
Michele
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Enzo Marino Bellanich | ... |
Bazzini
(as Vincenzo Bellanich)
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Luchino Giordana | ... |
Tebaldini
(as Luca Giordana)
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Simon Grechi | ... |
Marc
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Attilio Fabiano | ... |
Marco Sala
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Lucia Bendia |
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Giuliano Ghiselli | ... |
Hoffman
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Massimo Rinaldi | ... |
de Finis
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Paolo Poiret | ... |
Vogler
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Andrea Santonastaso | ... |
Sarto Carlino
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Gennaro Cannavacciuolo | ... |
Maitre Savini
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Giovanni De Lellis |
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Massimiliano Buzzanca | ... |
Ruggero Leoncavallo
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Cristina Amma | ... |
Megera
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Marco Arrigoni | ... |
Armaiolo Kluger
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Marino Filippo Arrigoni | ... |
Capo dell polizia
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Marco Belocchi | ... |
Carlo Vimercati
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Paolo Bessegato | ... |
Belasco
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Sandra Biondi | ... |
Madama Butterfly
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Leonardo Caccetta | ... |
Pozzoli
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Veronica Cannizzaro | ... |
Contessa Caraffa
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Federica De Cola | ... |
Fosca - 15 years old
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Francesco Falabella | ... |
Duca Litta
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Anna Ferzetti | ... |
Capo Infermiera
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Umberto Fontani | ... |
Tonino - 18 years old
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Nino Fuscagni | ... |
Capo Facchini
(as Serafino Fuscagni)
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Romano Ghini | ... |
Capo Copista
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Cristina Liberati | ... |
Regina Margherita
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Alice Martinelli | ... |
Baronessa Cattaneo
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Edoardo Maura | ... |
Giacomo - 6 years old
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Alberto Patelli | ... |
Oste Pierino
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Claudio Piano | ... |
Caposarto
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Claudia Potenza | ... |
Sister Ramelde
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Pierfrancisco Senarica | ... |
Portiere Grand Hotel
(as Pier Senarica)
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Eva Vanicek | ... |
Donna Scontrosa
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Fritz von Friedl | ... |
Hotelmanager
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Simone Fulciniti | ... |
Pinkerton (uncredited)
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Directed by
Giorgio Capitani |
Written by
Fabio Campus | ... | (story and screenplay) |
Nicola Lusuardi | ... | () |
Francesco Scardamaglia | ... | () |
Produced by
Marco Dionisi | ... | supervising producer |
Fania Petrocchi | ... | producer: RAI |
Federico Scardamaglia | ... | producer |
Francesco Scardamaglia | ... | producer |
Angelo Zemella | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Marco Frisina |
Cinematography by
Claudio Sabatini |
Editing by
Antonio Siciliano |
Editorial Department
Roberto Siciliano | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Simona Tartaglia | ||
Cornelia von Braun |
Production Design by
Cosimo Gomez |
Costume Design by
Enrica Biscossi |
Makeup Department
Desiree Corridoni | ... | hair and wig designer (as Desideria Corridoni) |
Walter Cossu | ... | key makeup artist |
Mario Pegoretti | ... | hair stylist |
Mauro Tagliaventi | ... | hair stylist |
Production Management
Stefano Canzio | ... | unit manager |
Enrico Delle Site | ... | production manager |
Marco Dionisi | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nicola Barnaba | ... | second unit director |
Giovanni Gentile | ... | second assistant director |
Antonio Silvestre | ... | first assistant director |
Alessandro Tonda | ... | second assistant director |
Teresa Orlando | ... | trainee assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Andrea Di Palma | ... | assistant production designer |
Massimiliano Paonessa | ... | property master |
Sound Department
Emiliano Cobai | ... | dubbing mixer |
Piergiorgio De Luca | ... | sound effects editor |
Davide Dell'Ariccia | ... | foley artist |
Marco Furlani | ... | sound editor |
Davide Magara | ... | sound |
Daniele Scaringella | ... | dialogue editor |
Visual Effects by
Andrea Battistoni | ... | digital artist |
Pierfrancesco Fiorenza | ... | visual effects producer |
Stunts
Franco Ariano | ... | horse master |
Christian Dell'Acqua | ... | stunts |
Alessandro Gaudio | ... | stunt coordinator |
Claudio Pacifico | ... | stunts |
Federico Filistrucchi | ... | utility stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Federico Rossi | ... | assistant camera |
Massimo Santolini | ... | grip |
Casting Department
Christian Montanelli | ... | casting assistant |
Simona Tartaglia | ... | casting: Italy |
Cornelia von Braun | ... | casting: Germany |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Angelo Poretti | ... | assistant costume designer |
Monica Sarracchini | ... | assistant costume designer |
Music Department
Giacomo Puccini | ... | music: selected from works |
Additional Crew
Zacconi Andrea | ... | accountant assistant |
Gianluca Apa | ... | set production assistant |
Melania Chiarella | ... | production secretary |
Aurelio Marino | ... | accounts |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Rai 1 (2009) (Italy) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2012) (Finland) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2013) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- SIF 309 Film Music (film score recording)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Vienna, 1924: Puccini, the world-famous composer of operas finds a confidante in the journalist Liza Berman, who will accompany him on a trip into his past: The unrequited love he feels for Elvira, a married woman, who secretly returns his feelings. As a 20-year-old he is living in Milan, in bitter poverty, and barely struggles along as a musician, but upon finishing his studies he makes quite an impression. Full of hope he applies to take part in a contest for opera composers, but he is turned down. Puccini had firmly counted on winning the prize money and now faces financial straits. Thanks to the librettist Fontana, his one-act opera "Le Villi" is performed all the same. The established music publisher Ricordi now commissions Puccini to write the opera "Edgar", which turns out a flop. When Elvira leaves her husband to live with Puccini, the lovers are beset by feelings of guilt. Puccini begins to doubt himself, but due to Ricordi's support, Puccini can write in peace. Soon he triumphs in opera houses all over Europe with "Manon Lescaut", but Ricordi demands fresh supplies. A former lover, who used to be a dancer in the Cabaret, brings the novel "Vie Bohème" to his attention, a subject, which his colleague Leoncavallo is already working on. But it is Puccini who prevails with Ricordi. When Puccini tries to get rid of the overbearing conductor Toscanini as well, Ricordi resists him. "La Bohème" becomes a giant success under Toscanini's musical direction. As Puccini later gets stuck in his work at "Tosca" he waits for inspiration at night in shape of his muse Antilisa, a shy mythological animal. Again Puccini experiences a triumph. Always on the lookout for a new subject, a frustrated Puccini travels to London. There he accompanies his friend Sybil Seligman to the theatre, where "Madame Butterfly" electrifies him. Back in Italy, he develops a platonic relationship with the servant girl Doria. Elvira fires Doria and makes Puccini promise never to see her again. The young woman commits suicide. After initially failing in Milan, "Madama Butterfly" triumphs a few months and several changes later in other European cities. In Vienna, Elvira surprises Puccini with the journalist Liza Berman, but by that time Elvira's love is above the slights Puccini has inflicted on her over the years. She demands that Dr. Landauer thoroughly examines her husband, who is suffering from a chronic sore throat. The final diagnosis shows a malign tumor of the larynx. Meanwhile, the work on "Turandot" has ground to a halt. Liza takes him along to a concert of contemporary music, which he finds fascinating and unsettling at the same time, because it makes him feel that his own music sounds old-fashioned by comparison. While undergoing treatment at a Brussels hospital, Puccini confesses to Elvira that he blames himself for Doria's death. During a sleepless night he tosses the unfinished score to "Turandot" into the fireplace, but Elvira saves the manuscript. Puccini dies not long after-wards. Milan, 1926: "Turandot" is performed for the first time in the presence of Elvira and their children Tonio and Fosca, with Toscanini at the baton. He has the performance interrupted at the exact spot where Puccini had to give up his composition. Written by Anonymous |
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