The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

110 mins | Drama, History, Music | Aug. 1, 1938

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.

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

110 mins | Drama, History, Music | Aug. 1, 1938

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
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.
Producers Italia Film, Grandi Film Storici
Original title Giuseppe Verdi
Directors Emanuele Caracciolo, Ivo Illuminati, Carmine Gallone
Writers Lucio D'Ambra, Carmine Gallone

Cast

Fosco Giachetti

as Giuseppe Verdi

Gaby Morlay

as Giuseppina Strepponi

Germana Paolieri

as Margherita Barezzi

Camillo Pilotto

as Antonio Barezzi

Cesco Baseggio

as PapĂ  Verdi

Maria Jacobini

as Luigia Uttini, madre di Verdi

Maria Cebotari

as Teresina Stolz

Febo Mari

as Marelli, il direttore della Scala di Milano

Carlo Duse

as Temistocle Solera

Eugenio Duse

as L'impressario Massini

Enrico Glori

as Il maestro Mariani

Clara Padoa

as La contessa Maffei

Achille Majeroni

as Il maestro Basili

Carlo Tamberlani

as Demalde

Augusto Di Giovanni

as Antonio Ghislanzoni

Gustavo Serena

as Salvatore Cammarano

Guido Celano

as Francesco Maria Piave

Lamberto Picasso

as Gaetano Donizzetti

Pierre Brasseur

as Alexandre Dumas figlio

Gabriel Gabrio

as Honoré De Balzac

Beniamino Gigli

as Il tenore Mirate

Henri Rollan

as Victor Hugo