Young Toscanini
- C. Thomas Howell: Arturo Toscanini
- John Rhys -Davies: Claudio Rossi
- Elizabeth Taylor: Nadina Bulichoff
- Philippe Noiret: Dom Pedro II
- Sophie Ward: Sister Margherita
- Pat Heywood: Mother Allegri
- Jean -Pierre Cassel: Maestro Miguez
Il giovane Toscanini (often: Young Toscanini; German: "Young Toscanini " ) is an Italian- French movie ( biopic, costume film ) The film was in English, directed by Franco Zeffirelli in 1988 for a consortium of Italian and French. produces film and television companies. The film is based on a fabric of Ennio De Concini.
Action
The film tells an early part of the life of the famous Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini ( 1867-1957 ). After completing his studies Toscanini receives a first conductor engagement in the orchestra of Claudio Rossi, with whom he goes on tour to South America. In Rio de Janeiro he falls in love with the young Margherita, but also tried the aging soprano Nadina Bulichoff who is a lover of the Brazilian Emperor, to win for it to participate in a planned production of the opera Aida. Nadina has put her career on hold for this love affair is over but become depressed and longs for a comeback. She is the idol of Toscanini's childhood, and he does everything to help her. Since he detests slavery, which is still widespread in Brazil, but he also tried to influence the diva and the Emperor.
Production and reception
The production of the film prepared consuming, but with a little part of profiled bar cost an estimated 14 million dollars. It is produced in color and 35 mm. Leading man was the 21 -year-old C. Thomas Howell, who made his feature film debut in 1982 as a supporting actor in American film E. T. - had the Extra-Terrestrial and has played its important role in 1983 in The Outsiders.
For the 56 -year-old Elizabeth Taylor the appearance before a film camera was the first after an eight- year-old cinema break, during which she worked exclusively for television. The American soprano Aprile Millo Taylor lent her singing voice. After The Taming of the Shrew (1967 ), it was Taylor's second collaboration with Zeffirelli.
The premiere took place at the Venice Film Festival held on September 5, 1988, was - mainly due to its script - such a failure that no international theatrical release followed. In the German-speaking area of the film was not so far to see.