A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.
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Cast
Beniamino Gigli
Ettore Vanni
Maria Cebotari
Fiamma Vanni (his wife)
Peter Bosse
Mario (his son)
Hans Moser
Giulio Stückelmeier
Michael Bohnen
Cesare Doret
Hilde Hildebrand
Ricarda Doret (his wife)
Alfred Gerasch
Director
Josef Dahmen
Stage manager
Werner Pledath
Doctor
Hilde Maroff
Nurse
Herbert Gernot
Lawyer
Philipp Lothar Mayring
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