Movielogr
Puccini (1953)
Directed by Carmine Gallone
Overview
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.
Length 119 minutes
Actors
Gabriele Ferzetti | Paolo Stoppa | Nadia Gray | Myriam Bru | Attilio Dottesio | Märta Torén | Piero Palermini | Renato Chiantoni | Carlo Duse | Sergio Tofano | Mario Feliciani | Silvio Bagolini | Mimo Billi | Oscar Andriani | Alessandro Fersen | Evar Maran | Vittorina Benvenuti | Gino Sinimberghi | René Clermont | Nelly Corradi | Antimo Reyner | Jacques Famery | Giulio Neri | Enrico Urbini | Glauco Cortini