Title:
Tosca's kiss = Il bacio di Tosca / T & C Film SA, Hans-Ulrich Jordi, Marcel Hoehn, in coproduzione con RTSI/SSR ; film di Daniel Schmid.
Publication Information:
[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films Home Video, [2014]
©1984
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
At head of title on container: Dustin Hoffman presents.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984.
Bonus: photo gallery.
DVD; region 1; NTSC; aspect ratio 4x3.
Awards Note:
IDA Award International Documentary Association (1986) ; Best Music Documentary, Mostra International de Cinema em São Paul (1985) ; First Prize, Chicago International Film Festival (1984).
Summary:
Captures the world of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. Featuring Giuseppe Manacchini, Leonida Bellon, Salvatore Locapo, Giovanni Erminio Puligheddu, and Sara Scuderi, its inhabitants are singers many of whom had significant careers on the opera stage, re-living and re-enacting their triumphant roles of the glorious past.
Corporate Subject:
Language Note:
Italian dialogue; English subtitles.
Performer:
Sara Scuderi ; Giuseppe Manacchini ; Giulietta Simionato.
OCLC Number:
ocn893687477
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1