The Life of Giuseppe Verdi (1938)

Director: Carmine Gallone

The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.

Cast

Fosco Giachetti

Giuseppe Verdi

Gaby Morlay

Giuseppina Strepponi

Germana Paolieri

Margherita Barezzi

Camillo Pilotto

Antonio Barezzi

Cesco Baseggio

Papà Verdi

Maria Jacobini

Luigia Uttini, madre di Verdi

Maria Cebotari

Teresina Stolz

Febo Mari

Marelli, il direttore della Scala di Milano

Carlo Duse

Temistocle Solera

Eugenio Duse

L'impressario Massini