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Tosca (1956 film)
Tosca is a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Franca Duval, Afro Poli and Franco Corelli.[1] It is based on the 1900 opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, which was adapted from the 1887 play by Victorien Sardou. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome.
| Tosca | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
| Written by | Giuseppe Giacosa (libretto) Luigi Illica (libretto) Victorien Sardou (play) |
| Produced by | Giulio Fiaschi Carmine Gallone Guido Luzzatto Manlio Morelli |
| Starring | Franca Duval Franco Corelli Vito De Taranto Afro Poli |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
| Music by | Giacomo Puccini (opera) |
Production company | Produzione Gallone |
| Distributed by | CEI Incom |
Release date | 26 August 1956 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
- Franca Duval as Floria Tosca
- Franco Corelli as Mario Cavaradossi
- Afro Poli as Baron Scarpia, chief of police
- Vito De Taranto as The Sacristan
- Fernando Alfieri as Spoletta, police official
- Antonio Sacchetti as Cesare Angelotti
- Aldo Corelli as Sciarrone, a gendarme
- Dino Conti as The Jailkeeper
- Maria Caniglia as Tosca (singing voice)
- Giangiacomo Guelfi as Scarpia (singing voice)
References
- ^ Goble p. 988
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- Tosca (1956) at IMDb