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France. Language. English. Young Toscanini (original title: Il giovane Toscanini) is a 1988 Italian-French biographical drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring C. Thomas Howell and Elizabeth Taylor. It was screened out of competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
Oct 7, 1988 · Young Toscanini: Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With C. Thomas Howell, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophie Ward, John Rhys-Davies. A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a young man.
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- Biography, Drama
- Franco Zeffirelli
- 1988-10-07
Summaries. A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a young man. In Rio de Janeiro in 1886, eighteen-year-old conductor Arturo Toscanini (C. Thomas Howell), in Brazil on an orchestra tour, is torn between an aging soprano attempting a comeback and a mistress his own age.
It's really tricky to make a musical biopic interesting. Movies about singers are easy, but audiences often struggle to keep up with the life of a classical musician. Young Toscanini focuses on a brief period of time in Arturo Toscanini's life, when he was, well, young. He starts out as a cello player, and when he visits Brazil during an ...
Young Toscanini (original title: Il giovane Toscanini) is a 1988 Italian-French biographical drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring C. Thomas Howell and Elizabeth Taylor. It was screened out of competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
Young Toscanini. 1988. 1h 49m. Biography/Drama. Cast. C. Thomas Howell (Arturo) Elizabeth Taylor (Nadina) Sophie Ward (Margherita) John Rhys-Davies (Rossi) Pat Heywood (Madre Allegri) Philippe...
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Franco Zeffirelli directs Tomas Howell, in a 100 minute biopic, about the conductor Arturo Toscanini's trip to Brazil. A bit of a hard find, which is strange, it has Phillipe Noiret and Elizabeth Taylor in it, you'd think a film with them would be less obscure.
