Beloved Giorgio

Movie
German title	Beloved Giorgio
Original title	Yes, Giorgio
Country of production	United States
original language	English , Italian
Publishing year	1982
length	110 minutes
Rod
Director	Franklin J. Schaffner
script	Norman Steinberg
production	Alain Bernheim Herbert H. Breslin Terry Carr Peter Fetterman
music	Michael J. Lewis Song "If We Were In Love": John Williams
camera	Fred J. Koenekamp
cut	Michael F. Anderson
occupation
Luciano Pavarotti : Giorgio Fini Kathryn Harrold : Pamela Taylor Eddie Albert : Henry Pollack Paola Borboni : Sister Theresa James Hong : Kwan Beulah Quo : Mei Ling Norman Steinberg : Dr. Barmen Rod Colbin : Ted Mullane Kathryn Fuller : Faye Kennedy Joseph Mascolo : Dominic Giordano Karen Kondazian : Francesca Giordano

Beloved Giorgio (Original title: Yes, Giorgio ) is the only feature film in which Luciano Pavarotti took part. It was published in 1982.

action

The action takes place during a touring trip in the USA. Shortly after arriving in the States, Giorgio alias Pavarotti received a call from the Metropolitan Opera, which would like to sign him for a performance. Due to a traumatic incident seven years earlier, he never wanted to sing there again. Disturbed by the call, he loses his voice. A young and handsome doctor recognizes the psychosomatic problem and heals it with the help of a trick. Giorgio begins to make advances to the doctor and she succumbs to his charm. After a short time, however, she realizes that Giorgio is married, does not want to change this and that she is just one of many affairs of the diva-like tenor.

Awards

The song "If We Were In Love" was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe in 1983 . Luciano Pavarotti and Norman Steinberg were nominated for the Golden Raspberry in 1983 .

criticism

Although the film was not very well received by contemporary critics, it tells a light but entertaining love romance, accompanied by excerpts from Pavarotti's most beautiful arias.

• "(...) Even Pavarotti's songs cannot save the old-fashioned Schnulze." (Rating: 1½ of 4 possible stars = moderate) - Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz : Lexicon "Films on TV", 1990

Web links

• Yes, Giorgio in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 293