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:
Leonardo Benvenuti, Glauco Pellegrini, Aldo Bizzarri, Carmine Gallone.
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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 |
| Writing | Aldo Bizzarri | Story |
| Writing | Glauco Pellegrini | Story |
| Writing | Carmine Gallone | Story |
| Production | Angelo Rizzoli | Producer |
| Writing | Leonardo Benvenuti | Story |
| Production | Marcello Luchetti | Production Secretary |
| Art | Andrea Fantacci | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Mandini | Hairstylist |
| Production | Renato Panetuzzi | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Alain Roux | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Cristiana Di Vita | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libero Politi | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ferruccio Viotti | Production Secretary |
| Production | Armando Crispino | Production Secretary |
| Production | Guglielmo Colonna | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Ugo Rinaldi | Sound |
| Camera | Mario Parapetti | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ovidio Del Grande | Sound |
| Sound | Fernando Previtali | Conductor |
| Sound | Francesco Molinari Pradelli | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Fabrizzi | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Amerigo Gengarelli | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Joseph Nathanson | Special Effects |
| Art | Antonio Leonardi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raimondo Van Riel | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Giorgio Arlorio | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Antonio Thellung | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Madeleine Rabusson | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Claude Renoir | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Leonardo Benvenuti | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georges Annenkov | Costume Design |
| Production | Antonio Musu | Production Manager |
| Writing | Glauco Pellegrini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Aldo Bizzarri | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carmine Gallone | Screenplay |
| Editing | Rolando Benedetti | Editor |
| Art | Gastone Medin | Production Design |