Young Toscanini (original title: Il giovane Toscanini) is a 1988 biographical drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring C. Thomas Howell and Elizabeth Taylor. It was screened out of competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
Premise The film, combining fact and fiction, charts the early career and romances of the conductor Arturo Toscanini in Rio de Janeiro in 1886.
Cast C. Thomas Howell as Arturo Toscanini Elizabeth Taylor as Nadina Bulichoff (singing voice dubbed by Aprile Millo) Sophie Ward as Sorella Margherita Philippe Noiret as Dom Pedro II Franco Nero as Claudio Toscanini Pat Heywood as Mother Allegri Jean-Pierre Cassel as Maestro Miguez John Rhys-Davies as Claudio Rossi Valentina Cortese (cameo)
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