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Verdi, the King of Melody
Verdi, the King of Melody
	Spanish film poster
Directed by	Raffaello Matarazzo
Cinematography	Tino Santoni
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Giuseppe Verdi
Release date	22 December 1953
Language	Italian

Giuseppe Verdi, released theatrically in the US as The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi and on video as Verdi, the King of Melody, is a 1953 Italian biographical musical melodrama film starring Pierre Cressoy and directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is based on adult life events of the composer Giuseppe Verdi.^[1] The film was a commercial success, grossing over 957 million lire at the Italian box office.^[2]

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Pierre Cressoy as Giuseppe Verdi
Anna Maria Ferrero as Margherita Barezzi
Gaby André as Giuseppina Strepponi
Irene Genna as Violetta
Laura Gore as Berberina Strepponi
Camillo Pilotto as Antonio Barezzi
Emilio Cigoli as Gaetano Donizetti
Loris Gizzi as Gioachino Rossini
Mario Del Monaco as Francesco Tamagno
Tito Gobbi as Domenico Ronconi
Aldo Bufi Landi as Alexandre Dumas, fils
Guido Celano as Victor Hugo
Franca Dominici as Rossini's Wife
Mario Ferrari as Austrian Official
Enrico Glori as Stage Director
Turi Pandolfini as Bank Teller
Teresa Franchini as Old Lady
Gianni Agus
Olga Vittoria Gentili
Liana Del Balzo
Lola Braccini
Anna Vivaldi
Lucia Banti

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^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
^ Gianni Rondolino. Catalogo Bolaffi del cinema italiano 1945/1955. Bolaffi, 1967.

External links edit

Verdi, the King of Melody at IMDb

[45-59-1] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.

[2] Gianni Rondolino. Catalogo Bolaffi del cinema italiano 1945/1955. Bolaffi, 1967.

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