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The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

01 August 1938

Country

Italy

Cast

Fosco Giachetti

Fosco Giachetti

Giuseppe Verdi

Gaby Morlay

Gaby Morlay

Giuseppina Strepponi

Germana Paolieri

Germana Paolieri

Margherita Barezzi

Camillo Pilotto

Camillo Pilotto

Antonio Barezzi

Cesco Baseggio

Cesco Baseggio

Papà Verdi

Maria Jacobini

Maria Jacobini

Luigia Uttini, madre di Verdi

Maria Cebotari

Maria Cebotari

Teresina Stolz

Febo Mari

Febo Mari

Marelli, il direttore della Scala di Milano

Carlo Duse

Carlo Duse

Temistocle Solera

Eugenio Duse

Eugenio Duse

L'impressario Massini

Enrico Glori

Enrico Glori

Il maestro Mariani

Clara Padoa

Clara Padoa

La contessa Maffei

Achille Majeroni

Achille Majeroni

Il maestro Basili

Carlo Tamberlani

Carlo Tamberlani

Demalde

Augusto Di Giovanni

Augusto Di Giovanni

Antonio Ghislanzoni

Gustavo Serena

Gustavo Serena

Salvatore Cammarano

Guido Celano

Guido Celano

Francesco Maria Piave

Lamberto Picasso

Lamberto Picasso

Gaetano Donizzetti

Pierre Brasseur

Pierre Brasseur

Alexandre Dumas figlio

Gabriel Gabrio

Gabriel Gabrio

Honoré De Balzac

Beniamino Gigli

Beniamino Gigli

Il tenore Mirate

Henri Rollan

Henri Rollan

Victor Hugo

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