Young Toscanini

1988 film by Franco Zeffirelli

  • 7 October 1988 (1988-10-07)
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Young Toscanini (original title: Il giovane Toscanini) is a 1988 Italian-French biographical drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring C. Thomas Howell and Elizabeth Taylor. It was screened out of competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1][2]

Premise

The film, combining fact and fiction, charts the early career and romances of the conductor Arturo Toscanini in Rio de Janeiro in 1886.

Cast

  • C. Thomas Howell as Arturo Toscanini
  • Elizabeth Taylor as Nadina Bulichoff (singing voice was dubbed by Aprile Millo)
  • Sophie Ward as Sorella Margherita
  • Philippe Noiret as Dom Pedro II
  • Franco Nero as Claudio Toscanini
  • Pat Heywood as Mother Allegri
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel as Maestro Miguez
  • John Rhys-Davies as Claudio Rossi
  • Valentina Cortese (cameo)

References

  1. ^ Aspesi, Natalia (6 September 1988). "La Via Crucis di Zeffirelli". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ Malcolm, Derek (8 September 1988). "Soap opera with a capital O". The Guardian. p. 22. Retrieved 20 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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Films directed by Franco Zeffirelli
  • The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
  • Romeo and Juliet (1968)
  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
  • Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
  • The Champ (1979)
  • Endless Love (1981)
  • Pagliacci (1982)
  • Cavalleria rusticana (1982)
  • La Traviata (1983)
  • Otello (1986)
  • Young Toscanini (1988)
  • Hamlet (1990)
  • Sparrow (1993)
  • Jane Eyre (1996)
  • Tea with Mussolini (1999)
  • Callas Forever (2002)


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