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2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 1937
Mother Song
Directed by
Carmine Gallone
A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.
The story
A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.
Cast
Beniamino GigliEttore Vanni
Maria CebotariFiamma Vanni (his wife)
Peter BosseMario (his son)
Hans MoserGiulio Stückelmeier
Michael BohnenCesare Doret
Hilde HildebrandRicarda Doret (his wife)
Alfred GeraschDirector
Josef DahmenStage manager
Werner PledathDoctor
Hilde MaroffNurse
Herbert GernotLawyer
Philipp Lothar Mayring
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