Pergolesi (film)

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Pergolesi
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Directed by Guido Brignone
Written by Gian Bistolfi
Produced by Baldassarre Negroni
Starring
Cinematography Ubaldo Arata
Edited byGuy Simon
Music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Production
company
Distributed bySocietà Italiana Cines
Release date
  • 29 September 1932 (1932-09-29)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Pergolesi is a 1932 Italian historical musical film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Elio Steiner, Dria Paola and Tina Lattanzi. [1] It portrays the brief life of the eighteenth century Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. A separate French-language version Les amours de Pergolèse was released the following year.

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