About
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 self-training. 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 Paganini's violin is played by Leonid Kogan in this film.
Director
Studio
Gosteleradio USSR, Lenfilm, Bulgaria TV
Original Title
Никколо Паганини
Original Language
Russian
Cast
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Vladimir Msryan
Nicolo Paganini
A
Albert Filozov
D
Donatas Banionis
A
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
V
Vladimir Samoylov
V
Vania Tzvetkova
A
Alla Chernova
V
Vsevolod Shilovsky
J
Juozas Budraitis
G
Georgi Georgiev-Getz
Y
Yuri Katin-Yartsev
B
Boris Arabow
S
Sergey Shakurov
A
Antonina Shuranova
V
Vytautas Tomkus
L
Lev Rubinstein
A
Aleksandr Bakharevsky
journalist
S
Sergei Ivanov
the concert host
V
Vitaliy Gordienko