Miracle of a voice - Enrico Caruso

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Movie
German title Miracle of a voice -
Enrico Caruso
Original title Enrico Caruso: Leggenda di una Voce
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 1951
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Giacomo Gentilomo
script Maleno Malenotti
production Maleno Malenotti
music Carlo Franci
Conductor: Gennaro d'Angelo
camera Tino Santoni
cut Elsa Dubbini
occupation
synchronization

Miracle of a Voice - Enrico Caruso (Original title: Leggenda di una Voce ; also The Miracle of a Voice ) is an Italian music film from 1951 directed by Giacomo Gentilomo . The film is based on the novel Neapolitan Legend by Frank Thiess . The tenor Mario del Monaco was the singing voice of the film Carusos . The film was shown in the GDR under the title " Enrico Caruso ".

action

The young Enrico Caruso already has a dream that he never loses sight of: he would like to become a famous singer one day. He finds support from his mother, who is seriously ill. The sister of her attending doctor is a singing teacher and Enrico's mother succeeds in getting her son to teach for free. To Caruso's disappointment, however, the lesson, which not only includes singing, is not what he had imagined.

Enrico Caruso, who grew up in the poor district of Naples , meets the street singer Luigi Gregorio Proboscide, whom he happily joins. However, he did the math without his father, who thinks nothing of his son's singing. To make matters worse, Caruso's mother, who always had an open ear for him and believed in his voice, has since died. So Caruso first has to say goodbye to his dream.

It will be eight years before he meets Proboscide again. He is enthusiastic about the young man's voice and recommends Enrico Caruso to the singing teacher Vergine, who shares Proboscide's opinion. At Proboscide, Caruso meets his niece, young Stella. The two fall in love. Proboscide is very happy with his niece's choice, but Stella's father wants to marry his daughter to a wealthy aristocrat from Sicily. To Enrico Caruso's deep disappointment, Stella bows to her father's will.

Caruso is now concentrating more on his singing career and is even praised at an audition by Ruggero Leoncavallo , whose Bajazzo aria he performs. The young singer joins a traveling company, where he is hired as the second tenor. When the ensemble made a guest appearance in Trapani , where Stella now lives, Caruso wanted to take the place of the first tenor Giorgi, which Director Callaro refused. Out of spite, Caruso generally refuses to take part and takes refuge in a pub .

At the premiere, however, the first tenor Giorgi fails due to hoarseness, so that one has to fall back on Caruso. However, he has now indulged in so much wine that he is no longer sober. His appearance is a disaster. The audience revolted, they took a break. After the break, a completely transformed Enrico Caruso enters the stage, who manages to cast a spell over the audience. The first step towards a great career has been taken.

But it was too late for a connection with Stella, who was enthusiastic in the audience.

background

In the Federal Republic of Germany the film opened on April 12, 1952 or May 29, 1953, in the GDR cinema the premiere was on January 31, 1965. In the USA, the film premiered on September 2, 1953 under the title The Young Caruso . In 1952 he also started in Belgium, Denmark and Sweden. In 1953 the film was launched in Finland, Portugal and France. It was premiered in Turkey in 1956.

Historical reference: Enrico Caruso (1873–1921) was the most famous tenor of the first half of the 20th century and is considered the most important figure in the opera world. He actually came from a poor Neapolitan family and his mother, whom he loved so much, made it possible for him to go to school. Guglielmo Vergine, the renowned teacher, actually existed in Caruso's life. Although he allegedly did not believe in Caruso's great career, he taught him free of charge, but secured 25% of all Caruso's income in the first five years in a gag contract. Caruso later took action against it and a settlement was reached. Caruso had a rather ambivalent love for his hometown Naples throughout his life.

synchronization

Mars-Film GmbH was responsible for the German dubbing . Hans F. Wilhelm was responsible for the dialogues and the direction. Erwin Tews took care of the sound. The production line had Conrad Flockner . It is a production by Asso-Film Rom, Distributor Deutsche London-Film.

role actor Voice actor
Enrico Caruso (as a child) Maurizio di Nardo Wilfried Schälicke
Enrico Caruso (as a man) Ermanno Randi Siegmar Schneider
Caruso's mother Mary of Tasnady Ursula Herking
Caruso's father Gaetano Verna Erich Dunskus
Stella Gina Lollobrigida Catja Görna
Stella's father Giampolo Rosmino Arthur Schröder
Proposcide, Caruso's patron Ciro Scafa Walter Suessenguth
Giovanni Carletto Sposito Georg Thomalla
Signora Tivaldi Elena Sangro Friedel Schuster
Zucchi, impresario Nerio Bernardi Herbert Huebner
Callaro, theater director Gino Saltamerenda Georg Gütlich

criticism

“The youth of the world-famous tenor Enrico Caruso (1873–1921) until his ascent. A bit simple and sentimental, but quite pleasing as a vocal film thanks to the tenor Mario del Monaco. (GDR title: "Enrico Caruso"). "

- Lexicon of international film

reception

  • A fictional version of Caruso's life was made into a rather kitschy film in 1951 with Mario Lanza in the leading role under the title The Great Caruso . The film was banned in Italy because of its relatively fictitious content. With his electronically amplified voice, Lanza could never be considered seriously as a Caruso actor. (Lanza has been on the opera stage three times).
  • The film Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinski in the leading role of Fitzcarraldo starts with an appearance by Caruso in the opera of Manaus (Brazil), where Caruso never actually sang.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Miracle of a Voice - Enrico Caruso. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used