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House of Ricordi

House of Ricordi

1954•1h 50m•6.2/10
HistoryDramaMusic

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6.2/10(5)

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.

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Production

Cormoran Films, Documento Film, Industrie Cinematografiche Sociali (ICS), Franco London Films

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Roland Alexandre

Roland Alexandre

Gioacchino Rossini

Elisa Cegani

Elisa Cegani

Giuseppina Strepponi

Danièle Delorme

Danièle Delorme

Maria

Gabriele Ferzetti

Gabriele Ferzetti

Giacomo Puccini

Renzo Giovampietro

Renzo Giovampietro

Tito Ricordi

Fosco Giachetti

Fosco Giachetti

Giuseppe Verdi

Nadia Gray

Nadia Gray

Giulia Grisi

Roldano Lupi

Roldano Lupi

Domenico Barbaja

Paolo Stoppa

Paolo Stoppa

Giovanni Ricordi

Vira Silenti

Vira Silenti

Marietta Ricordi

Myriam Bru

Myriam Bru

Luisa Lewis

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

Gaetano Donizetti

Fausto Tozzi

Fausto Tozzi

Arrigo Boito

Micheline Presle

Micheline Presle

Virginia Marchi

Gustavo Serena

Gustavo Serena

Il direttore di scena

Andrea Mongelli

Cantante

Aldo Ferracuti

Cantante

Rosetta Calavetta

Rosetta Calavetta

Virginia Marchi

Juanita Satiman

Cantante

Ken Neale

Cantante

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