08 Nov 2023
Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion
The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.
The Bohemian
The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talented and already-established composers, seems closed to him. Looking for work as a violinist, he comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. Thanks to her, he gets the opportunity to play at salons. But his real opportunity arises when he becomes the lover of a libertine marquise. She teaches him worldly manners, rids him of signs of a provincial upbringing and introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Thus transformed, Josef gets an incan incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo, Europe's largest theatre.
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Vojtěch Dyk Josef Mysliveček
Barbara Ronchi Caterina Gabrielli
Elena Radonicich Marchioness
Dario Lubatti Carlo Fracassati, Anna's brother
Antonio De Matteo Baron Manciniani, Anna's husband
Diego Pagotto Orfeo Crispi
Alberto Cracco Count Finocchietti
Pietro Tammaro Impresario Santoro
Federica Vecchio Cornelia Rezzi
Fabrizio Parenti Cornelia's father
Achille Brugnini Noble Falier
Mirko Ciccariello King of Naples
Philip Hahn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Christian Dieterle Leopold Mozart
Lino Musella Duke of Noja
Salvatore Langella Count of San Paolo
Chiara Celotto Carmela, Neapolitan maid
Karel Roden Man under the marquise's skirts
Zdeněk Godla Card player
Martina Babišová
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