The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.

Cast

Fosco Giachetti

as Giuseppe Verdi

Gaby Morlay

as Giuseppina Strepponi

Germana Paolieri

as Margherita Barezzi

Camillo Pilotto

as Antonio Barezzi

Cesco Baseggio

as Papà Verdi

Maria Jacobini

as Luigia Uttini, madre di Verdi

Maria Cebotari

as Teresina Stolz

Febo Mari

as Marelli, il direttore della Scala di Milano

Carlo Duse

as Temistocle Solera

Eugenio Duse

as L'impressario Massini

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