Mother Song ( 1937 )

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Beniamino Gigli

Ettore Vanni

Maria Cebotari

Fiamma Vanni (his wife)

Peter Bosse

Mario (his son)

Hans Moser

Giulio Stückelmeier

Michael Bohnen

Cesare Doret

Hilde Hildebrand

Ricarda Doret (his wife)

Alfred Gerasch

Director

Josef Dahmen

Stage manager

Werner Pledath

Doctor

Hilde Maroff

Nurse

Herbert Gernot

Lawyer

Philipp Lothar Mayring

Rio Nobile

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