Puccini (1953)
The biographical story of Puccini 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 an attractive, beautiful singer whom he drops for a small town girl, and a servant girl who commits suicide over him.
Director:
Carmine Gallone
Writers:
Aldo Bizzarri, Glauco Pellegrini, Carmine Gallone, Leonardo Benvenuti.
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Gabriele Ferzetti as Giacomo Puccini |
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Märta Torén as Elvira Puccini |
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Nadia Gray as Cristina Vernini |
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Paolo Stoppa as Giocondo |
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Myriam Bru as Delia |
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Sergio Tofano as Giulio Ricordi |
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Mimo Billi as Fanelli |
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Jacques Famery as Antonio Puccini |
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Gino Sinimberghi as tenore |
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Nelly Corradi as soprano |
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Silvio Bagolini as Gianni |
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Carlo Duse as Arrigo Boito |
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Piero Palermini as Ferdinando Fontana |
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René Clermont as Luigi Illica |
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Oscar Andriani as Giuseppe Giacosa |
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Enrico Urbini as |
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Alessandro Fersen as padre di Delia |
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Mario Feliciani as |
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Vittorina Benvenuti as |
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Renato Chiantoni as |
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Attilio Dottesio as |
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Evar Maran as |
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Glauco Cortini as |
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Antimo Reyner as |
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Giulio Neri as |
| Directing | Carmine Gallone | Director |
| Production | Luigi Rovere | Executive Producer |
| Production | Angelo Rizzoli | Producer |
| Writing | Leonardo Benvenuti | Story |
| Writing | Aldo Bizzarri | Story |
| Writing | Carmine Gallone | Story |
| Writing | Glauco Pellegrini | Story |
| Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Fernando Previtali | Conductor |
| Sound | Francesco Molinari Pradelli | Conductor |
| Crew | Joseph Nathanson | Special Effects |
| Camera | Mario Parapetti | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Amerigo Gengarelli | Camera Operator |
| Art | Antonio Leonardi | Set Decoration |
| Art | Andrea Fantacci | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raimondo Van Riel | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libero Politi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Mandini | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Fabrizzi | Hairstylist |
| Production | Guglielmo Colonna | Unit Manager |
| Production | Renato Panetuzzi | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Giorgio Arlorio | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Antonio Thellung | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alain Roux | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ovidio Del Grande | Sound |
| Sound | Ugo Rinaldi | Sound |
| Directing | Cristiana Di Vita | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Ferruccio Viotti | Production Secretary |
| Production | Armando Crispino | Production Secretary |
| Production | Marcello Luchetti | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Madeleine Rabusson | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Writing | Aldo Bizzarri | Screenplay |
| Writing | Glauco Pellegrini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carmine Gallone | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leonardo Benvenuti | Screenplay |
| Camera | Claude Renoir | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rolando Benedetti | Editor |
| Art | Gastone Medin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georges Annenkov | Costume Design |
| Production | Antonio Musu | Production Manager |