Nicolo Paganini (1982)
Biopic about Niccolo Paganini. He receives training from his father in early childhood. The best teachers of Parma are unable to give him more, so Paganini turns to a daily 15 hours of rigorous self-training. He makes sensational concert tours in Vienna, Paris, London and many other cities of Europe. He is always playing from memory, wearing black, and his stage appearance supports the rumors of his supernatural abilities. He is a wealthy man, but gambling and reckless spending forces him to pawn his violin. He is given a Guarneri violin by a wealthy listener to keep. He later gives this violin to the city if Genoa. The Paganini's violin is played by Leonid Kogan in this film.
Director: Leonid Menaker
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Vladimir Msryan as Nicolo Paganini |
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Albert Filozov as |
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Donatas Banionis as |
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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as |
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Vladimir Samoylov as |
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Vania Tzvetkova as |
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Alla Chernova as |
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Vsevolod Shilovsky as |
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Juozas Budraitis as |
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Georgi Georgiev-Getz as |
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Yuri Katin-Yartsev as |
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Boris Arabow as |
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Sergey Shakurov as |
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Antonina Shuranova as |
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Vytautas Tomkus as |
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Lev Rubinstein as |
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Aleksandr Bakharevsky as journalist |
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Sergei Ivanov as the concert host |
| Writing | Leonid Menaker | Writer |
| Writing | Oleg Stukalov-Pogodin | Writer |
| Directing | Leonid Menaker | Director |