House of Ricordi (1954)
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.
- Released
- 1954-12-01
- Genres
- History, Drama, Music
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Carmine Gallone, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Vittorio Nino Novarese
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- Roland Alexandre as Gioacchino Rossini
- Elisa Cegani as Giuseppina Strepponi
- Danièle Delorme as Maria
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Giacomo Puccini
- Renzo Giovampietro as Tito Ricordi
- Fosco Giachetti as Giuseppe Verdi
- Nadia Gray as Giulia Grisi
- Roldano Lupi as Domenico Barbaja
- Paolo Stoppa as Giovanni Ricordi
- Vira Silenti as Marietta Ricordi
- Myriam Bru as Luisa Lewis
- Marcello Mastroianni as Gaetano Donizetti