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Puccini (1984)
Directed by Tony Palmer
Documentary, Drama · 1h 53m
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.
Cast
Robert Stephens
Giacomo Puccini
Virginia McKenna
Elvira
Judith Howarth
Doria / Liu
Robert Urquhart
Doria's Father
Bill Fraser
Fucini, the Lawyer
William Squire
Giacchi, the Doctor
Andrew Cruickshank
Father Michelucci
Rupert Graves
Tonio
Ronald Pickup
Giulio Ricordi
Crew
- Director
- Tony Palmer
- Writer
- Charles Wood
Details
- Release date
- 1984-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Ladbroke Films, Channel 4 Television