House of Ricordi
House of Ricordi

House of Ricordi

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1954
1h 50m
6.2(5 votes)
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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.

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51 members
Acting

Roland Alexandre

Gioacchino Rossini

Roland Alexandre
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Elisa Cegani

Giuseppina Strepponi

Elisa Cegani
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Danièle Delorme

Maria

Danièle Delorme
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Gabriele Ferzetti

Giacomo Puccini

Gabriele Ferzetti
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Renzo Giovampietro

Tito Ricordi

Renzo Giovampietro
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Fosco Giachetti

Giuseppe Verdi

Fosco Giachetti
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Nadia Gray

Giulia Grisi

Nadia Gray
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Roldano Lupi

Domenico Barbaja

Roldano Lupi
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Paolo Stoppa

Giovanni Ricordi

Paolo Stoppa
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Vira Silenti

Marietta Ricordi

Vira Silenti
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Myriam Bru

Luisa Lewis

Myriam Bru
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Marcello Mastroianni

Gaetano Donizetti

Marcello Mastroianni
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Fausto Tozzi

Arrigo Boito

Fausto Tozzi
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Micheline Presle

Virginia Marchi

Micheline Presle
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Gustavo Serena

Il direttore di scena

Gustavo Serena
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Andrea Mongelli

Cantante

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Aldo Ferracuti

Cantante

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Rosetta Calavetta

Virginia Marchi

Rosetta Calavetta
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Juanita Satiman

Cantante

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Ken Neale

Cantante

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Fernando Lidonni

Cantante

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Arturo La Porta

Cantante

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Enrico Formichi

Cantante

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Nelly Corradi

Cantante

Nelly Corradi
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Italo Tajo

Cantante

Italo Tajo
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Renata Tebaldi

Cantante

Renata Tebaldi
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Giulietta Simionato

Cantante

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Gianni Poggi

Cantante

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Giulio Neri

Cantante

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Marineri Meli

Cantante

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Gino Mattera

Cantante

Gino Mattera
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Tito Gobbi

Cantante

Tito Gobbi
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Giuseppe Varni

Monti

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Mario Del Monaco

Cantante

Mario Del Monaco
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Sergio Tofano

Cesarini Sforza

Sergio Tofano
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Aldo Silvani

Il dottore di Bellini

Aldo Silvani
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Lauro Gazzolo

Carlotti

Lauro Gazzolo
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Memmo Carotenuto

Stuccatore

Memmo Carotenuto
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Julien Carette

Felix - l'oste

Julien Carette
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Manlio Busoni

Il sovrintendente

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Georges Bréhat

Il brigadiere

Georges Bréhat
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Märta Torén

Isabella Colbran

Märta Torén
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Maurice Ronet

Vincenzo Bellini

Maurice Ronet
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Renato Malavasi

Ambrogi

Renato Malavasi
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Paola Rolando

(uncredited)

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Giuseppe Porelli

Carlotti (uncredited)

Giuseppe Porelli
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Danik Patisson

(uncredited)

Danik Patisson
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Claudio Ermelli

(uncredited)

Claudio Ermelli
Art

Giovanni Checchi

(uncredited)

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Mimo Billi

(uncredited)

Mimo Billi
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Antoine Balpêtré

Dottor Fleury (uncredited)

Antoine Balpêtré

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