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Release Date:
April 29, 1953
Original Title:
Puccini
Genres:
Drama | Music
Production Companies:
Rizzoli Film
Production Countries:
Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 119
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.
Assistant Costume Designer:
Madeleine Rabusson
Assistant Set Decoration:
Andrea Fantacci
Camera Operator:
Mario Parapetti
Amerigo Gengarelli
Conductor:
Fernando Previtali
Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Costume Design:
Georges Annenkov
Director:
Carmine Gallone
Director of Photography:
Claude Renoir
Editor:
Rolando Benedetti
Executive Producer:
Luigi Rovere
First Assistant Director:
Giorgio Arlorio
Antonio Thellung
Alain Roux
Hairstylist:
Mario Mandini
Anna Fabrizzi
Makeup Artist:
Raimondo Van Riel
Libero Politi
Makeup Department Head:
Alberto De Rossi
Original Music Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Carlo Rustichelli
Producer:
Angelo Rizzoli
Production Design:
Gastone Medin
Production Manager:
Antonio Musu
Production Secretary:
Ferruccio Viotti
Armando Crispino
Marcello Luchetti
Screenplay:
Aldo Bizzarri
Leonardo Benvenuti
Carmine Gallone
Glauco Pellegrini
Script Supervisor:
Cristiana Di Vita
Set Decoration:
Antonio Leonardi
Sound:
Ovidio Del Grande
Ugo Rinaldi
Special Effects:
Joseph Nathanson
Story:
Leonardo Benvenuti
Aldo Bizzarri
Carmine Gallone
Glauco Pellegrini
Unit Manager:
Guglielmo Colonna
Renato Panetuzzi
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