Nicolo Paganini

Biopic about Niccolo Paganini He receives training from his father in early childhood The best teachers of Parma are unable to give him more so Paganini turns to a daily 15 hours of rigorous selftraining He makes sensational concert tours in Vienna Paris London and many other cities of Europe He is always playing from memory wearing black and his stage appearance supports the rumors of his supernatural abilities He is a wealthy man but gambling and reckless spending forces him to pawn his violin He is given a Guarneri violin by a wealthy listener to keep He later gives this violin to the city if Genoa The Paganinis violin is played by Leonid Kogan in this film