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The.Life.of.Verdi.S01D7.PAL.DVDR-nCLaSSiCs
Release Date:20.10.2015
Encoder:FULLDVD
Company:Llamentol
N Genre:TV SERIE N
u Year:1982
Ripper:Alfx
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Overview
The Life of Verdi is a 1982 Italian-language biographical television miniseries
directed by Renato Castellani dramatizing the life of Italian composer Giuseppe
Verdi. Castellani also co-wrote the original script with Leonardo Benvenuti and
Piero De Bernardi. The English version was written by Gene Luotto and narrated
by Burt Lancaster. The miniseries first aired in 1982, and was made available
on DVD in 2003.
The production stars British actor Ronald Pickup as Giuseppe Verdi, Italian
ballet dancer and actress Carla Fracci as Giuseppina Verdi, and Giampiero
Albertini as Antonio Barezzi. Funded by a number of European national broadcasting
companies, the series is an accurate portrayal of Verdi's life.
According to promotional material for the production, it was "filmed on location
in Italy, Leningrad, London, and Paris...(T)his epic mini-series took several
years to create, requiring more than 100 actors, 1800 extras, and 4000 costumes
The English version has seven 90-minute episodes totaling 630 minutes; the original
Italian version, nine 70-minute episodes.
"Childhood, Barezzi & Milan"
"Margherita, Tragedy & Nabucco"
"Patriotism, I Lombardi & Ernani"
"Giuseppina, Revolution & Rigoletto"
"Independent Italy, La Traviata & Un Ballo"
"Wagner, Teresa & Aida"
"Crisis, Otello & Falstaff"
CAST
Ronald Pickup as Giuseppe Verdi
Omero Antonutti as Carlo Verdi
Agla Marsili as Luisa Uttini
Giampiero Albertini as Antonio Barezzi
Adriana Innocenti as Maria Barezzi
Daria Nicolodi as Margherita Barezzi
Carla Fracci as Giuseppina Strepponi
Lino Capolicchio as Arrigo Boito
Enzo Cerusico as Emanuele Muzio
Eva Christian as Teresa Stolz
Nino Dal Fabbro as Giulio Ricordi
Jan Niklas as Angelo Mariani
Renzo Palmer as Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
Raimondo Penne as Francesco Maria Piave
Tito Schipa Jr. as Franco Faccio
Nanni Svampa as Impresario Merelli
Milena Vukotic as Clara Maffei
Ugo Bologna as Gaetano Donizetti
Giorgio Trestini as Solera
Leopoldo Trieste as Finola
Carlo Colombo as Giovannino Barezzi
Format: PAL
Language: ENGLISH AC3 / SPANISH MONO
Subtitles: ENGLISH / SPANISH
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 7
Run Time: 660 minutes
DVD Release Date: 8 feb 2010
Studio: Llamentol
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