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The Barber of Seville (1947)

The Barber of Seville poster
Original title
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Directed by
Mario Costa
Genre
comedy film, musical film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A clever barber helps a count win the love of a young woman despite her guardian's schemes. The film is a cinematic version of Rossini's opera with singing and comedy.

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What happens

The Barber of Seville (Italian: Il barbiere di Siviglia) is a 1947 Italian opera film directed by Mario Costa and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini, Tito Gobbi and Nelly Corradi. It is an adaptation of Gioachino Rossini's 1816 opera The Barber of Seville. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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