Lamberto Antinori. Robert Z. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. When she understands the truth Lina runs away with tenor Silvani. Mad with jealousy, Doria kills Silvani and the young singer who thinks Sergei is responsible for Silvani's death, decides to devote her life to her career. Going from success to success, Lina arrives one day in Saint Petersburg where she is to sing before the Tsar. There she meets Sergei again Add content advisory.
Did you know Edit. Connections Referenced in La cenicienta y Ernesto User reviews 4 Review. Top review. Gina Cavalieri. Cavalieri's portrait has been also hugely popularised in many forms by artist Piero Fornasetti and writer Gabriele D'Annunzio dedicated her a copy of his book IlmPiacere.
Extremely underrated and unknown by most part of the audience -probably because it is an Italian movie and not from the USA -this film tells Lina's more or less acurate biography but, far from being a simply biopic, it excels in so many aspects that the movie should deserve a worldwide success. However, it is a hidden gem with lots of interesting points: First of all, miss Lollobrigida cast is a total success.
She does a remakable job here: not only plays her role in a very convincing way but also sings her opera parts beautifully she was trained to be an opera singer when she was very young but had to quit because her family lack of money.
In fact, she had refused to play the main role in Italian movie Aida based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera because she was required to play the role only, not doing the singing. And so the role went to Sofia Loren. Her ultra small cinched waist is comparable to real Cavalieri's one, that made audiences gasp when she appeared on the stage.
Miss Lollobrigida's leading man in the film is great Italian actor Vittorio Gassman, who has not much to do with his role but match her nicely. One of film's highlights are indescriptable and breathtakingly beautiful Nino Novarese's gowns. Miss Lollobrigida looks gorgeous in them. This Italian designer had studied architectural theatral design and had worked in la Scala de Milan previous to work as a fashion designer in many Hollywood movies and winning two academy awards for Cleopatra and Cromwell Fresh new look, redesigned programme hub, richer content….
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