Puccini – Liebling der Frauen (1953)

• 64%
• 1953
• Drama
• Musik
• Gabriele Ferzetti
• Märta Torén
• Nadia Gray

Produced in Germany in atemberaubenden Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by Die avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his unvollständige Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including a sexy, beautiful singer (Two for the Road's Nadia Gray) whom he drops for a small town girl (Sirocco's Marta Toren), and a servant girl who commits suicide over him. Well-selected excerpts from Manon, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are featured along with other Puccini music, including the voice of Beniamino Gigli. Sets, costumes and production values are first class, all sumptuously filmed by Claude Renoir.