The Life of Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.
Director:
Carmine Gallone
Writers:
Lucio D'Ambra, Carmine Gallone.
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Fosco Giachetti as Giuseppe Verdi |
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Gaby Morlay as Giuseppina Strepponi |
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Germana Paolieri as Margherita Barezzi |
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Camillo Pilotto as Antonio Barezzi |
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Cesco Baseggio as Papà Verdi |
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Maria Jacobini as Luigia Uttini, madre di Verdi |
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Maria Cebotari as Teresina Stolz |
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Febo Mari as Marelli, il direttore della Scala di Milano |
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Carlo Duse as Temistocle Solera |
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Eugenio Duse as L'impressario Massini |
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Enrico Glori as Il maestro Mariani |
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Clara Padoa as La contessa Maffei |
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Achille Majeroni as Il maestro Basili |
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Carlo Tamberlani as Demalde |
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Augusto Di Giovanni as Antonio Ghislanzoni |
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Gustavo Serena as Salvatore Cammarano |
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Guido Celano as Francesco Maria Piave |
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Lamberto Picasso as Gaetano Donizzetti |
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Pierre Brasseur as Alexandre Dumas figlio |
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Gabriel Gabrio as Honoré De Balzac |
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Beniamino Gigli as Il tenore Mirate |
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Henri Rollan as Victor Hugo |
| Directing | Carmine Gallone | Director |
| Editing | Oswald Hafenrichter | Editor |
| Writing | Lucio D'Ambra | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carmine Gallone | Screenplay |
| Directing | Emanuele Caracciolo | Assistant Director |
| Production | Carmine Gallone | Producer |
| Art | Guido Fiorini | Production Design |
| Art | Camillo Parravicini | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Titina Rota | Costume Design |
| Art | Luigi Petricca | Art Direction |
| Art | Ettore Corsi | Art Direction |
| Camera | Massimo Terzano | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Ivo Illuminati | Assistant Director |
