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Puccini

  • 19531953
  • 1h 59m
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6.5/10
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Puccini (1953)
  • Biography
  • Drama
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Produced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of... Read allProduced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the... Read allProduced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including a sexy, beautiful singer (Tw... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
72
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  • Director
    • Carmine Gallone
  • Writers
    • Leonardo Benvenuti(story and screenplay)
    • Carmine Gallone(story and screenplay)
    • Glauco Pellegrini(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Märta Torén
    • Nadia Gray
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  • Director
    • Carmine Gallone
  • Writers
    • Leonardo Benvenuti(story and screenplay)
    • Carmine Gallone(story and screenplay)
    • Glauco Pellegrini(story and screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Märta Torén
    • Nadia Gray
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    • 5User reviews
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    Gabriele Ferzetti
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Giacomo Puccinias Giacomo Puccini
    Märta Torén
    Märta Torén
    • Elvira Puccinias Elvira Puccini
    Nadia Gray
    Nadia Gray
    • Cristina Verninias Cristina Vernini
    Myriam Bru
    Myriam Bru
    • Deliaas Delia
    Sergio Tofano
    Sergio Tofano
    • Giulio Ricordias Giulio Ricordi
    Mimo Billi
    • Fanellias Fanelli
    Jacques Famery
    Jacques Famery
    • Antonio Puccinias Antonio Puccini
    Gino Sinimberghi
    • Opera singer in La Bohème and Manon Lescautas Opera singer in La Bohème and Manon Lescaut
    Nelly Corradi
    • Opera singer in Madame Butterflyas Opera singer in Madame Butterfly
    Dino Lopatto
    • Opera singeras Opera singer
    Dea Koronoff
    • Opera singeras Opera singer
    Silvio Bagolini
    • Giannias Gianni
    Carlo Duse
    • Boitoas Boito
    Piero Palermini
    • Fontanaas Fontana
    René Clermont
    • Illicaas Illica
    Oscar Andriani
    • Giacosaas Giacosa
    Enrico Urbini
    Alessandro Fersen
    • Padre di Deliaas Padre di Delia
    • Director
      • Carmine Gallone
    • Writers
      • Leonardo Benvenuti(story and screenplay)
      • Carmine Gallone(story and screenplay)
      • Glauco Pellegrini(story and screenplay)
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    Produced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including a sexy, beautiful singer (Two for the Road's Nadia Gray) whom he drops for a small town girl (Sirocco's Marta Toren), and a servant girl who commits suicide over him. Well-selected excerpts from Manon, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are featured along with other Puccini music, including the voice of Beniamino Gigli. Sets, costumes and production values are first class, all sumptuously filmed by Claude Renoir. —Anonymous
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      Märta Torén spoke all of her lines in English during the production.

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    5/10
    Beware of Image's DVD of "Puccini"
    It's nearly impossible to judge the true merits of "Puccini", which appears to be an attractive, old-fashioned, Hollywood-style bio pic, due to the disastrous DVD mastering done by its U.S. distributor Image Entertainment. This usually reliable company has really dropped the ball this time by releasing a disc that has to be seen (and heard) to be believed. Only the Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers, in their prime, could have put together a mess of a disc like this, with scenes wildly out of order, characters appearing, disappearing, then meeting again, as if for the first time, scenes stopping in mid-sentence practically, only to resume some 10, 20, or 40 minutes later, characters aging, then growing young again, well, you get the idea. As for the film's memorable music, well, as lovely as it may be, the presentation of the famous operas now makes absolutely no sense at all. In the end, if you care anything about Puccini, the man and his music, you'll most likely be pulling the hair out of your head by the time the last curtain finally falls.

    Now, whether the multitude of errors on this disc were human or technical or a combination of both, Image Entertainment needs to do something about them, and right away! This disc has been on the market for a couple of years already, and I'm rather surprised it hasn't been recalled before now. Then again, maybe I shouldn't be, because any company that would let this mess out the door likely doesn't care much about the product itself in the first place. After all, time is money, and Heaven forbid someone might actually have to waste it by watching the DVD before it's sent off to market. Too bad they didn't though because it's likely a pretty good flick, at that. Sweet-natured, old-fashioned, filled with some of the most beautiful music ever written. Maybe someday, somebody somewhere will care enough to sort this thing out, and the real "Puccini" will be available once again, but until then, all I can do is offer that old adage, "Buyer Beware!"
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    • Release date
      • 1954 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Two Loves Had I... Puccini
    • Filming locations
      • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production company
      • Rizzoli Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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