Italy / Apr 29, 1953
1h 59min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jacques Famery | Antonio Puccini |
| Gino Sinimberghi | tenore |
| Nelly Corradi | soprano |
| Silvio Bagolini | Gianni |
| Carlo Duse | Arrigo Boito |
| Piero Palermini | Ferdinando Fontana |
| René Clermont | Luigi Illica |
| Oscar Andriani | Giuseppe Giacosa |
| Enrico Urbini | |
| Alessandro Fersen | padre di Delia |
| Mario Feliciani | |
| Vittorina Benvenuti | |
| Renato Chiantoni | |
| Attilio Dottesio | |
| Evar Maran | |
| Glauco Cortini | |
| Antimo Reyner |
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Genres
DramaMusic
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Puccini |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Rizzoli Film |
| Release date | 29 aprile 1953 |
| Executive producer | Luigi Rovere |
| Production | Angelo Rizzoli |
| Writer | Aldo Bizzarri, Glauco Pellegrini, Carmine Gallone, Leonardo Benvenuti |
| Editing | Rolando Benedetti |
| Cinematography | Claude Renoir, Mario Parapetti, Amerigo Gengarelli |
| Assistant directors | Alain Roux, Giorgio Arlorio, Antonio Thellung, Carmine Gallone, Cristiana Di Vita |
| Camera operators | Mario Parapetti, Amerigo Gengarelli, Claude Renoir |
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| Additional photography | Mario Parapetti, Amerigo Gengarelli, Claude Renoir |
| Production design | Gastone Medin, Andrea Fantacci, Antonio Leonardi |
| Art direction | Andrea Fantacci, Antonio Leonardi, Gastone Medin |
| Set decoration | Antonio Leonardi, Andrea Fantacci, Gastone Medin |
| Special effects | Joseph Nathanson |
| Music | Carlo Rustichelli, Giacomo Puccini, Ugo Rinaldi, Ovidio Del Grande, Fernando Previtali, Francesco Molinari Pradelli |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli, Ugo Rinaldi, Giacomo Puccini, Ovidio Del Grande, Fernando Previtali, Francesco Molinari Pradelli |
| Costume design | Georges Annenkov, Mario Mandini, Libero Politi, Anna Fabrizzi, Alberto De Rossi, Raimondo Van Riel, Madeleine Rabusson |
| Makeup | Libero Politi, Raimondo Van Riel, Mario Mandini, Anna Fabrizzi, Alberto De Rossi, Madeleine Rabusson, Georges Annenkov |
| Hairstyling | Mario Mandini, Libero Politi, Anna Fabrizzi, Alberto De Rossi, Raimondo Van Riel, Madeleine Rabusson, Georges Annenkov |
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