Puccini by Carmine Gallone
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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.
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Cast
Gabriele Ferzetti as Giacomo Puccini
Märta Torén as Elvira Puccini
Nadia Gray as Cristina Vernini
Paolo Stoppa as Giocondo
Myriam Bru as Delia
Sergio Tofano as Giulio Ricordi
Mimo Billi as Fanelli
Jacques Famery as Antonio Puccini
Gino Sinimberghi as tenore
Nelly Corradi as soprano
Silvio Bagolini as Gianni
Carlo Duse as Arrigo Boito
Piero Palermini as Ferdinando Fontana
René Clermont as Luigi Illica
Oscar Andriani as Giuseppe Giacosa
Enrico Urbini as
Alessandro Fersen as padre di Delia
Mario Feliciani as
Vittorina Benvenuti as
Renato Chiantoni as
Attilio Dottesio as
Evar Maran as
Glauco Cortini as
Antimo Reyner as
Giulio Neri as
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