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The Life Of Giuseppe Verdi
''Giuseppe Verdi'' is a 1938 Cinema of Italy, Italian biographical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fosco Giachetti, Gaby Morlay and Germana Paolieri. The film portrays the life of the composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). The casting of Giachetti as Verdi was intended to emphasise the composer's patriotism, as he had recently played patriotic roles in films such as ''The White Squadron''.Landy p.141-142 The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film is also known by the alternative title ''The Life of Giuseppe Verdi''. Main cast * Fosco Giachetti as Giuseppe Verdi * Gaby Morlay as Giuseppina Strepponi * Germana Paolieri as Margherita Barezzi * Camillo Pilotto as Antonio Barezzi * Cesco Baseggio as il padre di Verdi * Maria Jacobini as Luigia Uttini, madre di Verdi * Maria Cebotari as Teresa Stolz * Febo Mari as Bartolomeo Merelli, Merelli, il direttore della Scala di Milano * Carlo Duse as Temistocle Solera * Eugenio Duse as L'impresario Massini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Italian cinema's leading early directors, he directed over 120 films in his fifty-year career between 1913 and 1963. Life and career Carmine Gallone was born as Carmelo Camillo Gallone on 10 September 1885 in Taggia (in the province of Imperia), but grew up in Naples. His father was Italian, from Sorrento, and his mother was French, from Nice.G. Martini, ''Patchwork: 100 anni di cinema in Italia : un viaggio attraverso le regioni'', Finzioni, 1997, p. 168 He began writing plays at 15 and in 1911 won first prize at a national drama competition for his drama ''Brittanico''. He later moved to Rome where in 1912 he was hired as a general worker by the Teatro Argentina company, all the while continuing to write plays. In the same year he had his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |