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The Young Caruso is a 1951 Italian historical musical melodrama biographical film about Enrico Caruso, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It stars Ermanno Randi as Enrico Caruso and Gina Lollobrigida. Its original Italian title is Enrico Caruso: leggenda di una voce (Enrico Caruso: Legend of a Voice).
It was produced by Asso Film, Londo Films and Tirenna Film Associata di Roma. It was adapted from a 1942 novel by Frank Thiess, Neapolitanische Legende (Neapolitan Legend). The film follows the life of the legendary tenor from childhood poverty in Naples to the beginning of his rise to fame. Caruso's voice was provided by Mario Del Monaco and Lollobrigida's voice was dubbed by Dhia Cristiani.




Plot






Cast


Ermanno Randi as Enrico Caruso
Gina Lollobrigida as Stella
Ciro Scafa as Luigi Gregorio Proboseide
Carlo Sposito as Giovanni "Gianni" Palma
Maurizio Di Nardo as Caruso as a boy
Gaetano Verna as Caruso's father
Mária Tasnádi Fekete as Anna (Caruso's mother)
Lamberto Picasso as Vergine the Maestro
Nerio Bernardi as Francesco Zucchi
Gianpaolo Rosmino as Goffredo
Romano Laurienzo as Gino Saltamerenda
Elena Sangro as Signora Tivaldi
Franca Tamantini as Carragi, a soprano
Mimi Ferrari




Reception


Although an initial commercial success, the film producers knew that the film was almost total fiction; indeed, an introductory title describes the plot as "a poetic interpretation of [Caruso's] youth." The film has thus been called a "travesty" because it had so many biographical inaccuracies. The film greatly upset the Caruso family who ended up suing the producers of the film for five million lire. The family also successfully sued Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who was forced to withdraw The Great Caruso from distribution in Italy because of that film's many inaccuracies.
Shortly after the film's release Ermanno Randi was murdered by his lover Giuseppe Maggiore in a jealous rage.




References






External links


The Young Caruso at IMDb

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