The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppina Strepponi
Margherita Barezzi
Antonio Barezzi
Papà Verdi
Luigia Uttini, madre di Verdi
Teresina Stolz
Marelli, il direttore della Scala di Milano
Temistocle Solera
L'impressario Massini
Il maestro Mariani
La contessa Maffei
Il maestro Basili
Demalde
Antonio Ghislanzoni
Salvatore Cammarano
Francesco Maria Piave
Gaetano Donizzetti
Alexandre Dumas figlio
Honoré De Balzac
Il tenore Mirate
Victor Hugo
Director
Editor
Screenplay
Screenplay
Assistant Director
Producer
Production Design
Production Design
Costume Design
Art Direction
Art Direction
Director of Photography
Assistant Director