House of Ricordi | |
Director: | Carmine Gallone |
Producer: | Raymond Froment Jacques Bar Gianni Hecht Lucari |
Starring: | Märta Torén Marcello Mastroianni Micheline Presle |
Music: | Renzo Rossellini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini |
Cinematography: | Marco Scarpelli |
Editing: | Niccolò Lazzari |
Studio: | Diana Cinematografica Documento Film Industrie Cinematografiche Sociali Cormoran Films Franco London Films Le Louvre Film |
Distributor: | Minerva Film (Italy) Cinédis (France) |
Runtime: | 110 minutes |
Country: | France Italy |
Language: | Italian |
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.[1] 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.