House of Ricordi | |
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Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
Written by | Leonardo Benvenuti Luigi Filippo D'Amico Vittorio Nino Novarese Furio Scarpelli Agenore Incrocci Carmine Gallone |
Produced by | Raymond Froment Jacques Bar Gianni Hecht Lucari |
Starring | Märta Torén Marcello Mastroianni Micheline Presle |
Cinematography | Marco Scarpelli |
Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
Music by | Renzo Rossellini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini |
Production companies | Diana Cinematografica Documento Film Industrie Cinematografiche Sociali Cormoran Films Franco London Films Le Louvre Film |
Distributed by | Minerva Film (Italy) Cinédis (France) |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | Italian |
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.