Casa Ricordi (1954)

Directed by

Carmine Gallone

Genre

musical film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

The film tells the story of the Ricordi family who run an Italian music publishing house. It shows how they work with famous composers from the 1800s.

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What happens

House of Ricordi (Italian: Casa Ricordi) is a 1954 French-Italian historical biographical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Marcello Mastroianni and Micheline Presle. The Ricordi family's interactions with many of the great composers of the nineteenth century are portrayed. The film's sets were designed by Mario Chiari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios and on location in Milan, Paris and Rome. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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