• Apr 29, 1953
  • 119 min
  • Full-HD

Puccini (1953)

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.

Category
Country
Italy
Companies
Rizzoli Film

Gabriele Ferzetti

Giacomo Puccini

Märta Torén

Elvira Puccini

Nadia Gray

Cristina Vernini

Paolo Stoppa

Giocondo

Myriam Bru

Delia

Sergio Tofano

Giulio Ricordi

Mimo Billi

Fanelli

Jacques Famery

Antonio Puccini

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