The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi.
Top Cast
RO
Roland AlexandreGioacchino Rossini
EL
Elisa CeganiGiuseppina Strepponi
DA
Danièle DelormeMaria
GA
Gabriele FerzettiGiacomo Puccini
RE
Renzo GiovampietroTito Ricordi
FO
Fosco GiachettiGiuseppe Verdi
NA
Nadia GrayGiulia Grisi
RO
Roldano LupiDomenico Barbaja
PA
Paolo StoppaGiovanni Ricordi
VI
Vira SilentiMarietta Ricordi
MY
Myriam BruLuisa Lewis
MA
Marcello MastroianniGaetano Donizetti
FA
Fausto TozziArrigo Boito
MI
Micheline PresleVirginia Marchi
MA
Maria Pia Di Meo(Voice dubbing for Vira Silenti)
OL
Olinto Cristina(Voice dubbing for Giuseppe Vami)
RO
Rosetta Calavetta(Voice dubbing for Micheline Presle)
LY
Lydia Simoneschi(Voice dubbing for Nadia Gray)
EN
Enrico Maria Salerno(Voice dubbing for Roland Alexandre)
GI
Giuseppe Rinaldi(Voice dubbing for Maurice Ronet)
CE
Cesare Polacco(Voide dubbing for Memmo Carotenuto)
AN
Andreina Pagnani(Voice dubbing for Märta Torén & Myriam Bru)