The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi.
Language
Italian
Release Date
December 1, 1954
Cast
Roland Alexandre
Gioacchino Rossini
Elisa Cegani
Giuseppina Strepponi
Danièle Delorme
Maria
Gabriele Ferzetti
Giacomo Puccini
Renzo Giovampietro
Tito Ricordi
Fosco Giachetti
Giuseppe Verdi
Nadia Gray
Giulia Grisi
Roldano Lupi
Domenico Barbaja
Paolo Stoppa
Giovanni Ricordi
Vira Silenti
Marietta Ricordi
Myriam Bru
Luisa Lewis
Marcello Mastroianni
Gaetano Donizetti
Fausto Tozzi
Arrigo Boito
Micheline Presle
Virginia Marchi
Maria Pia Di Meo
(Voice dubbing for Vira Silenti)
Olinto Cristina
(Voice dubbing for Giuseppe Vami)
Rosetta Calavetta
(Voice dubbing for Micheline Presle)
Lydia Simoneschi
(Voice dubbing for Nadia Gray)
Enrico Maria Salerno
(Voice dubbing for Roland Alexandre)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
(Voice dubbing for Maurice Ronet)
Cesare Polacco
(Voide dubbing for Memmo Carotenuto)
Andreina Pagnani
(Voice dubbing for Märta Torén & Myriam Bru)
Rina Morelli
(Voice dubbing for Danièle Delorme)
Pino Locchi
(Voice dubbing for Fausto Tozzi)
Lauro Gazzolo
(Voice dubbing for Julien Carette)
Gustavo Serena
Il direttore di scena
Andrea Mongelli
Cantante
Aldo Ferracuti
Cantante
Rosetta Calavetta
Virginia Marchi
Juanita Satiman
Cantante
Ken Neale
Cantante
Fernando Lidonni
Cantante
Arturo La Porta
Cantante
Enrico Formichi
Cantante
Nelly Corradi
Cantante
Italo Tajo
Cantante
Renata Tebaldi
Cantante
Giulietta Simionato
Cantante
Gianni Poggi
Cantante
Giulio Neri
Cantante
Marineri Meli
Cantante
Gino Mattera
Cantante
Tito Gobbi
Cantante
Giuseppe Varni
Monti
Mario Del Monaco
Cantante
Sergio Tofano
Cesarini Sforza
Aldo Silvani
Il dottore di Bellini
Lauro Gazzolo
Carlotti
Memmo Carotenuto
Stuccatore
Julien Carette
Felix - l'oste
Manlio Busoni
Il sovrintendente
Georges Bréhat
Il brigadiere
Märta Torén
Isabella Colbran
Maurice Ronet
Vincenzo Bellini
Renato Malavasi
Ambrogi
Paola Rolando
(uncredited)
Giuseppe Porelli
Carlotti (uncredited)
Danik Patisson
(uncredited)
Claudio Ermelli
(uncredited)
Giovanni Checchi
(uncredited)
Mimo Billi
(uncredited)
Antoine Balpêtré
Dottor Fleury (uncredited)
Show Full Crew
Costume & Make-Up
Raimondo Van Riel
Makeup Artist
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Department Head
Renata Magnanti
Hairstylist
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Marisa Polidori
Assistant Costume Designer
Giorgio Hermann
Assistant Costume Designer
Art
Mario Chiari
Production Design
Mario Garbuglia
Assistant Production Design
Beni Montresor
Set Decoration
Camera
Giuseppe Rotunno
Camera Operator
Marco Scarpelli
Director of Photography
Luigi Di Giorgio
Assistant Camera
Directing
Nanni Loy
First Assistant Director
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
First Assistant Director
Carmine Gallone
Director
Franco Cirino
First Assistant Director
Carla Gervasi
Script Supervisor
Editing
Crew
Writing
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Leonardo Benvenuti
Story
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay
Agenore Incrocci
Story
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Screenplay
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Story
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay
Furio Scarpelli
Story
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Screenplay
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Story
Carmine Gallone
Screenplay
Carmine Gallone
Story
Sound
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Ennio Sensi
Sound
Luigi Ricci
Music Consultant
Production