A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.
C. Thomas Howell Elizabeth Taylor Sophie Ward Pat Heywood Jean-Pierre Cassel Nicolas Chagrin Philippe Noiret John Rhys-Davies Leon Lissek Carlo Bergonzi Eva Griffiths Simon Gregor Franco Nero Leonie Mellinger Gordon Warnecke Arturo Venegas Jenny Lipman Martin Benson Clive Swift Victor Baring Andrea Aureli Leslie French Irma Capece Minutolo Peter Rutherford Harriet Thorpe Margarida Marinho Adelaide João Julie Sergeant Patrícia Tavares Márcia Breia Lucinda Loureiro Teresa Côrte-Real Johnny Dennis
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