Watch The Young Caruso (1952) Free Online

Release Date: 1952

Cast: Carletto Sposito, Gina Lollobrigida, Maurizio Di Nardo, Ermanno Randi, Mária Tasnádi Fekete, Ciro Scafa, Gino Saltamerenda, Gaetano Verna

Categories: Movies, Biographical film, World cinema, Biopic [feature]

Enrico Caruso: leggenda di una voce (Enrico Caruso: Legend of a Voice) is an 1951 Italian biographical film about Enrico Caruso, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It stars Ermanno Randi as Enrico Caruso and Gina Lollobrigida. It was released in English under the title The Young Caruso and produced by Asso Film, Londo Films and Tirenna Film Associata di Roma. It was adapted from a novel by Frank Thiess, Neapolitanische Legende (Neapolitan Legend). The film follows the life of the legendary tenor from childhood poverty in Naples to the beginning of his rise to fame. Caruso's voice was provided... MORE

Enrico Caruso: leggenda di una voce (Enrico Caruso: Legend of a Voice) is an 1951 Italian biographical film about Enrico Caruso, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It stars Ermanno Randi as Enrico Caruso and Gina Lollobrigida. It was released in English under the title The Young Caruso and produced by Asso Film, Londo Films and Tirenna Film Associata di Roma. It was adapted from a novel by Frank Thiess, Neapolitanische Legende (Neapolitan Legend). The film follows the life of the legendary tenor from childhood poverty in Naples to the beginning of his rise to fame. Caruso's voice was provided by Mario Del Monaco and Lollobrigida's voice was dubbed by Dhia Cristiani. Although an initial commercial success, the film producers knew that the film was far from accurate; indeed, an introductory title describes the plot as "a poetic interpretation of [Caruso's] youth." The film has thus been called a "travesty" because it had so many biographical inaccuracies. The film greatly upset the Caruso family who ended up suing the producers of the film for five million lire. MGM was also forced to withdraw The Great Caruso from distribution in Italy, despite the film being a major success. LESS