Rossini is a 1942 Italian musical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Nino Besozzi, Paola Barbara, Camillo Pilotto, Armando Falconi and Greta Gonda. It depicts adult life events of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini.
The film is also known as Arte ed amori di Giaocchino Rossini.
It was shot at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.
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Plot
Rossini is seen during various episodes of his life: in Naples as director of the Teatro San Carlo, then in Roma, his work with his future wife Isabella Colbran; his triumph in Vienna and Paris; the illness of his wife and his work on his last opera piece, Guglielmo Tell .
Cast
Nino Besozzi as Gioachino Rossini
Paola Barbara as Isabella Colbran
Camillo Pilotto as Domenico Barbaja
Armando Falconi as Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Greta Gonda as Teresa Coralli
Memo Benassi as Ludwig van Beethoven
Cesare Fantoni as Niccolò Paganini
Edoardo Toniolo as Rossini's and Paganini's Friend
Paolo Stoppa as Andrea Leone Tottola
Gildo Bocci as Duke Sforza-Cesarini
Lamberto Picasso as Col. Negri
Giacomo Moschini as Duke Carafa
Gilda Marchiò as Anna Guidarini, Rossini's Mother
Massimo Pianforini as Professor Carpassi
Romolo Costa as Austrian Prince
Vera Ruberti as Viennese Noblewoman
Franco Rondinella as Don Raffaele
Oreste Fares as Giovanni Paisiello
Diana Dei as The Woman under the Rain
Oreste Bilancia as Her Husband
Anna Maria Dionisi as Colbran's Maid