Eternal Melodies

1940 Italian film

Eternal Melodies

Directed by| Carmine Gallone
Written by|

* Guido Cantini
* Ernst Marischka
* Carmine Gallone

Produced by| Giuseppe Amato
Starring|

* Gino Cervi
* Conchita Montenegro
* Luisella Beghi
* Maria Jacobini

Cinematography| Anchise Brizzi
Edited by| Niccolò Lazzari
Music by|

* Alessandro Cicognini
* Luigi Ricci

Production
company

ENIC

Distributed by| ENIC

Release date

* 3 December 1940 (1940-12-03)

Running time

| 97 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Eternal Melodies (Italian: Melodie eterne) is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro and Luisella Beghi. It was one of several musical biopics directed by Gallone.[1] The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome.

## Synopsis[edit]

A heavily fictionalized account of the life of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791).

## Cast[edit]

* Gino Cervi as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Conchita Montenegro as Aloisia Weber Lange
* Luisella Beghi as Costanza Weber Mozart
* Maria Jacobini as Anna Maria Mozart
* Jone Salinas as Nannina Mozart
* Luigi Pavese as Leopoldo Mozart
* Paolo Stoppa as Haibl, clarinettista
* Lauro Gazzolo as Il locandiere Deiner
* Claudio Gora as L'imperatore Giuseppe
* Olga Vittoria Gentilli as L'imperatrice Maria Teresa
* Margherita Bagni as Signora Weber
* Marisa Vernati as Sofia Weber
* Armida Bonocore as Giuseppina Weber
* Giulio Donadio as L'impresario Schikaneder
* Augusto Marcacci as Il musicista Salieri
* Sandro Ruffini as Il gentiluomo che commissiona il 'Requiem'
* Giulio Stival as Il tenore Giuseppe Lange
* Romolo Costa as Il compositore Schröder
* Carlo Duse as Il conte Arco
* Cesare Polacco as Haydn
* Alfredo Martinelli as Il signore invidioso
* Giuseppe Varni as Un detrattore
* Franco Pesce as Il direttore di scena

## References[edit]

1. ^ Moliterno p.152

## Bibliography[edit]

* Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

## External links[edit]

* Eternal Melodies at IMDb
* Melodie Eterne on All About Mozart

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Films directed by Carmine Gallone

* Il bacio di Cirano (1913)
* The Naked Truth (1914)
* Senza colpa! (1915)
* Flower of Evil (1915)
* The Wedding March (1915)
* Sotto le tombe (1915)
* Avatar (1916)
* La falena (1916)
* Malombra (1917)
* The Thirteenth Man (1917)
* La storia di un peccato (1918)
* Redemption (1919)
* A Doll Wife (1919)
* The Sea of Naples (1919)
* On with the Motley (1920)
* The Faces of Love (1924)
* The Fiery Cavalcade (1925)
* The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
* The City of a Thousand Delights (1927)
* Pawns of Passion (1928)
* Land Without Women (1929)
* Ship in Distress (1929)
* The Singing City (1930)
* City of Song (1931)
* My Cousin from Warsaw (1931)
* A Son from America (1932)
* Sailor's Song (1932)
* Going Gay (1933)
* My Heart Calls You (1934)
* Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934)
* My Heart Is Calling You (1934)
* My Heart is Calling (1935)
* Casta Diva (1935)
* If It Were Not for Music (1935)
* The Divine Spark (1935)
* Thank You, Madame (1936)
* Mother Song (1937)
* Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
* Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
* Marionette (1939)
* The Dream of Butterfly (1939)
* Eternal Melodies (1940)
* Love Me, Alfredo! (1940)
* Manon Lescaut (1940)
* Beyond Love (1940)
* The Secret Lover (1941)
* First Love (1941)
* The Two Orphans (1942)
* The Queen of Navarre (1942)
* Odessa in Flames (1942)
* Harlem (1943)
* Sad Loves (1943)
* The Song of Life (1945)
* Biraghin (1946)
* Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
* The Lady of the Camellias (1947)
* The Legend of Faust (1949)
* The Force of Destiny (1950)
* Night Taxi (1950)
* Messalina (1951)
* We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952)
* Fatal Desire (1953)
* Puccini (1953)
* Madame Butterfly (1954)
* House of Ricordi (1954)
* Casta Diva (1954)
* Mata Hari's Daughter (1954)
* Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
* Michel Strogoff (1956)
* Tosca (1956)
* Carthage in Flames (1960)
* Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
* Carmen di Trastevere (1962)
* La monaca di Monza (1962)

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