Puccini
Puccini

Puccini

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1984
1h 53m
1.0(2 votes)
Documentary
Drama

Overview

In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their maid, Doria Manfredi, a young women from town. Although the maestro is frequently unfaithful, he denies the affair; Elvira insists she's right and publicly hounds Doria. Between scenes in this domestic drama that turns tragic, we watch a Scottish company rehearse and stage "Turandot," Puccini's last opera. The film finds parallels between the two stories and suggests that in the opera, Puccini expresses love for his wife and guilt in Doria's fate. Three local gentlemen provide a spoken chorus as Puccini's score plays throughout.

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Channel 4 Television

Cast & Crew

11 members
Acting

Robert Stephens

Giacomo Puccini

Robert Stephens
Acting

Virginia McKenna

Elvira

Virginia McKenna
Acting

Judith Howarth

Doria / Liu

Judith Howarth
Acting

Robert Urquhart

Doria's Father

Robert Urquhart
Acting

Bill Fraser

Fucini, the Lawyer

Bill Fraser
Acting

William Squire

Giacchi, the Doctor

William Squire
Acting

Peter Woodthorpe

Umberto Manfredi

Peter Woodthorpe
Acting

Andrew Cruickshank

Father Michelucci

Andrew Cruickshank
Acting

Phil McCall

Gnicche

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Rupert Graves

Tonio

Rupert Graves
Acting

Ronald Pickup

Giulio Ricordi

Ronald Pickup

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