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Puccini is a 1954 vintage Hungarian movie poster advertising a 1953 Italian film.
Puccini is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti in the role of Giacomo Puccini. (source: wikipedia.org)
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.
Director: Carmine Gallone
Writers: Leonardo Benvenuti (story and screenplay), Carmine Gallone (story and screenplay)
Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Märta Torén, Nadia Gray
(source: imdb.com)
