''Stradivari'' is a 1988 Italian biographical drama film directed by

Giacomo Battiato Giacomo Battiato is an Italian film director and writer. One guide to Italian cinema says he:''The History of the Italian Cinema'' (Princeton University Press, 2009), p. ?? Born in Verona and married to Anna Zaneva since 1999, he began his car ...

. It depicts real life events of

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Antonio Stradivari. It was filmed in sixteen weeks between

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

(Stradivari's hometown) and Cinecittà. It stars Anthony Quinn along with his three sons by Italian costume designer, Iolanda Addolori.

Cast

* Anthony Quinn as Antonio Stradivari * Stefania Sandrelli as Antonia Maria * Valérie Kaprisky as Francesca * Francesco Quinn as Alessandro * Danny Quinn as Francesco *

Lorenzo Quinn Lorenzo Quinn (born May 7, 1966) is a contemporary Italian sculptor and former actor. He is the eighth son of actor Anthony Quinn. Biography Lorenzo Quinn was born on 7 May 1966 in Rome, Italy, the son of Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn an ...

as Young Antonio Stradivari *

Leopoldo Trieste Leopoldo Trieste (3 May 1917 – 25 January 2003) was an Italian actor, film director and script writer. Trieste was born in Reggio Calabria. He worked with directors such as Pietro Germi, Francis Ford Coppola, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mario Bava, ...

as Nicolò Amati * Pietro Tordi as Friar Mendicant * Iaia Forte as Comedienne on Boat

References

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* 1988 films Italian biographical films 1980s Italian-language films Films directed by Giacomo Battiato 1980s biographical drama films Films set in the 17th century Films set in the 18th century Films shot at Cinecittà Studios 1988 drama films Films about composers Films about classical music and musicians Biographical films about musicians Cultural depictions of Italian men 1980s Italian films {{1980s-drama-film-stub