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Casa Ricordi (1954)

Casa Ricordi poster
Directed by
Carmine Gallone
Genre
musical film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

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.

historicalmelodramaticmusicalnostalgicleisurelyformalromanticfamily-centric

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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