Mother Song
A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.
Cast: Beniamino Gigli, Maria Cebotari, Peter Bosse, Hans Moser, Michael Bohnen, Hilde Hildebrand, Alfred Gerasch, Josef Dahmen, Werner Pledath, Hilde Maroff, Herbert Gernot, Philipp Lothar Mayring, Rio Nobile
Crew: Carmine Gallone (Director), Ferruccio Biancini (Co-Producer), Oswald Hafenrichter (Editor), Alberto Giacalone (Executive Producer), Cesare A. Bixio (Original Music Composer)
