House of Ricordi (1954)

House of Ricordi (1954)

1954-12-01 France, Italy 110 Min. PG-13
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Overview

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi.

Cast

Roland Alexandre is Gioacchino Rossini
Gioacchino Rossini
Elisa Cegani is Giuseppina Strepponi
Giuseppina Strepponi
Gabriele Ferzetti is Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Renzo Giovampietro is Tito Ricordi
Tito Ricordi
Fosco Giachetti is Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Nadia Gray is Giulia Grisi
Giulia Grisi
Roldano Lupi is Domenico Barbaja
Domenico Barbaja
Paolo Stoppa is Giovanni Ricordi
Giovanni Ricordi
Vira Silenti is Marietta Ricordi
Marietta Ricordi
Myriam Bru is Luisa Lewis
Luisa Lewis
Marcello Mastroianni is Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti