Mother Song
1937 · TMDB 7.0 · Mutterlied
Directed by Carmine Gallone
A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.
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A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of...
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- Runtime
- 94 min
- Released
- 1937-12-21
- Studio
- Itala Film
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- TMDB score
- 7.0
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Key contributors
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Carmine Gallone
Director
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Thea von Harbou
Writer
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Bernd Hoffmann
Writer
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Beniamino Gigli
Ettore Vanni
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Maria Cebotari
Fiamma Vanni (his wife)
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Peter Bosse
Mario (his son)
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Hans Moser
Giulio Stückelmeier
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Michael Bohnen
Cesare Doret
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Hilde Hildebrand
Ricarda Doret (his wife)
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Alfred Gerasch
Director
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Josef Dahmen
Stage manager