Young Toscanini (original title: Il giovane Toscanini) is a 1988 Italian-French biographical drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring C. Thomas Howell and Elizabeth Taylor. It was screened out of competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1][2]

Young Toscanini
Directed byFranco Zeffirelli
Written byWilliam Stadiem
Produced byTarak Ben Ammar
Fulvio Lucisano
StarringC. Thomas Howell
Elizabeth Taylor
CinematographyDaniele Nannuzzi
Edited byJim Clark
Amedeo Giomini
Bryan Oates
Music byRoman Vlad
Distributed byUGC (France)
DLF (Italy)
Release date
  • 7 October 1988 (1988-10-07)
Running time
109 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageEnglish

Premise

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The film, combining fact and fiction, charts the early career and romances of the conductor Arturo Toscanini in Rio de Janeiro in 1886.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Aspesi, Natalia (6 September 1988). "La Via Crucis di Zeffirelli". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ Malcolm, Derek (8 September 1988). "Soap opera with a capital O". The Guardian. p. 22. Retrieved 20 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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