Puccini
119 mins
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.
Aldo Bizzarri
Story
Glauco Pellegrini
Story
Fernando Previtali
Conductor
Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Conductor
Joseph Nathanson
Special Effects
Mario Parapetti
Camera Operator
Amerigo Gengarelli
Camera Operator
Antonio Leonardi
Set Decoration
Andrea Fantacci
Assistant Set Decoration
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Department Head
Libero Politi
Makeup Artist
Mario Mandini
Hairstylist
Anna Fabrizzi
Hairstylist
Guglielmo Colonna
Unit Manager
Renato Panetuzzi
Unit Manager
Antonio Thellung
First Assistant Director
Alain Roux
First Assistant Director
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Ugo Rinaldi
Sound
Cristiana Di Vita
Script Supervisor
Ferruccio Viotti
Production Secretary
Marcello Luchetti
Production Secretary
Madeleine Rabusson
Assistant Costume Designer
Aldo Bizzarri
Screenplay
Glauco Pellegrini
Screenplay
Rolando Benedetti
Editor
Gastone Medin
Production Design
Georges Annenkov
Costume Design
Antonio Musu
Production Manager