Puccini
Puccini
Produced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) 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 a sexy, beautiful singer (Two for the Road's Nadia Gray) whom he drops for a small town girl (Sirocco's Marta Toren), and a servant girl who commits suicide over him. Well-selected excerpts from Manon, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are featured along with other Puccini music, including the voice of Beniamino Gigli. Sets, costumes and production values are first class, all sumptuously filmed by Claude Renoir.
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Cast
Gabriele Ferzetti
as Giacomo Puccini
Märta Torén
as Elvira Puccini
Nadia Gray
as Cristina Vernini
Paolo Stoppa
as Giocondo
Myriam Bru
as Delia
Sergio Tofano
as Giulio Ricordi
Mimo Billi
as Fanelli
Jacques Famery
as Antonio Puccini
Gino Sinimberghi
as tenore
Nelly Corradi
as soprano
Silvio Bagolini
as Gianni
Carlo Duse
as Arrigo Boito
Piero Palermini
as Ferdinando Fontana
René Clermont
as Luigi Illica
Alessandro Fersen
as padre di Delia
Mario Feliciani
Renato Chiantoni
Attilio Dottesio
Crew
Carmine Gallone
Director
Luigi Rovere
Executive Producer
Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
Leonardo Benvenuti
Story
Carmine Gallone
Story
Giacomo Puccini
Original Music Composer
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Raimondo Van Riel
Makeup Artist
Giorgio Arlorio
First Assistant Director
Ferruccio Viotti
Production Secretary
Armando Crispino
Production Secretary
Carmine Gallone
Screenplay
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Claude Renoir
Director of Photography