Puccini (2009)

• 70%
• 2009
• Drama
• Fernsehfilm
• Historie
• Alessio Boni
• Sophie von Kessel
• Andrea Giordana

Wien, 1924: giacomo Puccini, the world-famous composer of operas finds a confidante in the journalist Berman Liza, who will accompany him on a trip into his past: The unrequited love he feels for Elvira, a married woman, who secretly returns his feelings. - As-a 20-year-old he is living in Milan, in bitter, poverty, and barely struggles along as a musician, but upon finishing his studies, he makes quite an impression. Full of hope he applies to take part in a contest for opera composers, but he is turned down. Puccini had firmly counted on winning the prize money and now faces financial straits. Thanks to the librettist Fontana, his one-akt-oper "Le Villi" is performed, all the same. The established music publisher Erinnerungen now commissions Puccini to write the opera "Edgar", which turns out a flop. When Elvira leaves her husband to live with Puccini, the lovers are beset by feelings of guilt'. Puccini begins to doubt himself, but due to Ricordi' ' s support, Puccini-can-write in peace. Soon he ...