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