Puccini

Director: Tony Palmer Tony Palmer

Overview

The acclaimed Tony Palmer helmed this 1984 biopic on 19th and early 20th century Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, here portrayed by Robert Stephens. Palmer opts to focus not on the whole gestalt of Puccini's life, but on a devastating scandal that transpired in 1909, when Giacomo's wife, Elvira Puccini, accused maid Doria Manfredi of bedding her husband. The unfounded allegations prompted a massive lawsuit from the maid's family, and nearly toppled Giacomo's illustrious career. Judith Howarth co-stars.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/24/2008
UPC:	0604388703401
Original Release:	1984
Source:	Tony Palmer Films
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:55:00
Sales rank:	56,637

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Judith Howarth	Doria Manfredi,Doria Manfredi
Virginia McKenna	Actor,Actor
Elvira Puccini	Actor,Actor
Robert Urquhart	Doria's Father,Doria's Father
Bill Fraser	Fucini, the Lawyer,Fucini, the Lawyer
William Squire	Giacchi, the Doctor,Giacchi, the Doctor
Peter Woodthorpe	Umberto Manfredi,Umberto Manfredi
Andrew Cruickshank	Father Michelucci,Father Michelucci
Phil McCall	Gnicche,Gnicche
Rupert Graves	Tomio, Puccini's Son,Tomio, Puccini's Son
Ronald Pickup	Giulio Ricordi,Giulio Ricordi
Linda Esther Gray	Turandot,Turandot
Phyllis Cannan	Turandot,Turandot
Willard White	Timur,Timur
Eduardo Alvares	Calaf,Calaf
Marie Slorach	Liu,Liu
Alan Okie	Ping,Ping
Hugh Hetherington	Pang,Pang
Gordon Christie	Pong,Pong
Alexander Gibson	Conductor,Conductor

Technical Credits

Charles Wood

Charles Wood	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Simon Channing-Williams	Producer,Producer
Tony Palmer	Director,Director

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Puccini
1. Duck Shoot [10:34]
2. Turandot I - The Chorus [1:55]
3. Elvira [6:33]
4. Turandot II - Sets & Costumes [1:11]
5. Rumours of Sex [6:57]
6. Turandot III - Timur [1:56]
7. With Ricordi [6:23]
8. Turandot IV - Alexander Gibson & the Orchestra [5:15]
9. Doria [8:54]
10. Turandot V - Liu [6:44]
11. Turandot VI - Children's Choir/Mother Church & the Shame of it [7:51]
12. Death in the Family [10:25]
13. Dying of the Light [3:04]
14. First Night - Eva Turmer & Simonetta Puccini [4:03]
15. Putting Up the Shutters - Ping, Pang & Pong [3:20]
16. In Questa Reggia [6:15]
17. Death of Liu [9:48]
18. Reviews & Coda [3:56]
19. End Credits [5:18]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Puccini
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