Tosca is a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Franca Duval, Afro Poli and Franco Corelli. It is based on the 1900 opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, which was adapted from the 1887 play by Victorien Sardou. It was made at CinecittÃÂ in Rome.
Cast
- Franca Duval as Floria Tosca
- Franco Corelli as Mario Cavaradossi
- Afro Poli as Baron Scarpia, chief of police
- as The Sacristan
- Fernando Alfieri as Spoletta, police official
- Antonio Sacchetti as Cesare Angelotti
- Aldo Corelli as Sciarrone, a gendarme
- Dino Conti as The Jailkeeper
- Maria Caniglia as Tosca (singing voice)
- Giangiacomo Guelfi as Scarpia (singing voice)
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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