House of Ricordi
1954 film
- 1 December 1954 (1954-12-01)
Running time
Italy
House of Ricordi (Italian: Casa Ricordi) is a 1954 French-Italian historical biographical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Marcello Mastroianni and Micheline Presle.[1] The Ricordi family's interactions with many of the great composers of the nineteenth century are portrayed. The film's sets were designed by Mario Chiari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios and on location in Milan, Paris and Rome.
Main cast
- Roland Alexandre as Gioacchino Rossini
- Myriam Bru as Luisa Lewis
- Elisa Cegani as Giuseppina Strepponi
- Andrea Checchi as Giulio Ricordi
- Danièle Delorme as Maria
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Giacomo Puccini
- Fosco Giachetti as Giuseppe Verdi
- Renzo Giovampietro as Tito Ricordi
- Nadia Gray as Giulia Grisi
- Roldano Lupi as Domenico Barbaja
- Marcello Mastroianni as Gaetano Donizetti
- Micheline Presle as Virginia Marchi
- Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo Bellini
- Paolo Stoppa as Giovanni Ricordi
- Märta Torén as Isabella Colbran (credited as Marta Toren)
- Fausto Tozzi as Arrigo Boito
- Julien Carette as Felix
- Memmo Carotenuto as lo stuccatore
- Lauro Gazzolo as carrettiere di Casa Ricordi
- Renato Malavasi as Ambrogi
- Aldo Ronconi as tenor Maselli
- Vira Silenti as Marietta Ricordi
- Aldo Silvani as Bellini's doctor
- Sergio Tofano as Cesarini Sforza
- Antoine Balpêtré as Dr. Fleury
- Nelly Corradi
- Claudio Ermelli
References
- ^ "The Complete Index To World Film: Casa Ricordi". CITWF.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
External links
- House of Ricordi at IMDb
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Films directed by Carmine Gallone
- Il bacio di Cirano (1913)
- The Naked Truth (1914)
- Senza colpa! (1915)
- Flower of Evil (1915)
- The Wedding March (1915)
- Sotto le tombe (1915)
- Avatar (1916)
- La falena (1916)
- Malombra (1917)
- The Thirteenth Man (1917)
- La storia di un peccato (1918)
- Redemption (1919)
- A Doll Wife (1919)
- The Sea of Naples (1919)
- On with the Motley (1920)
- The Faces of Love (1924)
- The Fiery Cavalcade (1925)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
- The City of a Thousand Delights (1927)
- Pawns of Passion (1928)
- Land Without Women (1929)
- Ship in Distress (1929)
- The Singing City (1930)
- City of Song (1931)
- My Cousin from Warsaw (1931)
- A Son from America (1932)
- Sailor's Song (1932)
- Going Gay (1933)
- My Heart Calls You (1934)
- Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934)
- My Heart Is Calling You (1934)
- My Heart is Calling (1935)
- Casta Diva (1935)
- If It Were Not for Music (1935)
- The Divine Spark (1935)
- Thank You, Madame (1936)
- Mother Song (1937)
- Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
- Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
- Marionette (1939)
- The Dream of Butterfly (1939)
- Eternal Melodies (1940)
- Love Me, Alfredo! (1940)
- Manon Lescaut (1940)
- Beyond Love (1940)
- The Secret Lover (1941)
- First Love (1941)
- The Two Orphans (1942)
- The Queen of Navarre (1942)
- Odessa in Flames (1942)
- Harlem (1943)
- Sad Loves (1943)
- The Song of Life (1945)
- Biraghin (1946)
- Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
- The Lady of the Camellias (1947)
- The Legend of Faust (1949)
- The Force of Destiny (1950)
- Night Taxi (1950)
- Messalina (1951)
- We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952)
- Fatal Desire (1953)
- Puccini (1953)
- Madame Butterfly (1954)
- House of Ricordi (1954)
- Casta Diva (1954)
- Mata Hari's Daughter (1954)
- Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
- Michel Strogoff (1956)
- Tosca (1956)
- Carthage in Flames (1960)
- Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
- Carmen di Trastevere (1962)
- La monaca di Monza (1962)
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