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A prodigious Indian mathematician has to overcome poverty and prejudices and make a mark with the help of his British mentor.
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The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.
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Fosco Giachetti Giuseppe Verdi
Gaby Morlay Giuseppina Strepponi
Germana Paolieri Margherita Barezzi
Camillo Pilotto Antonio Barezzi
Cesco Baseggio Papà Verdi
Maria Jacobini Luigia Uttini, madre di Verdi
Maria Cebotari Teresina Stolz
Febo Mari Marelli, il direttore della Scala di Milano
Carlo Duse Temistocle Solera
Eugenio Duse L'impressario Massini
Enrico Glori Il maestro Mariani
Clara Padoa La contessa Maffei
Achille Majeroni Il maestro Basili
Carlo Tamberlani Demalde
Augusto Di Giovanni Antonio Ghislanzoni
Gustavo Serena Salvatore Cammarano
Guido Celano Francesco Maria Piave
Lamberto Picasso Gaetano Donizzetti
Pierre Brasseur Alexandre Dumas figlio
Gabriel Gabrio Honoré De Balzac
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