"An funny, witty and bright biopic by the master of italian comedy Mario Monicelli about the famed italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, here portrayed in a wonderful way by famed actor and later director Sergio Castellitto."
Philippe Noiret
as Gioacchino Rossini
Jacqueline Bisset
as Isabella Colbran
Sergio Castellitto
as Gioacchino Rossini, giovane
Sabine Azéma
as Olimpia Pélissier
Giorgio Gaber
as Domenico Barbaja
Assumpta Serna
as Maria Marcolini
Vittorio Gassman
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Giusi Cataldo
as Anna Rossini
Gianni Baghino
as Spettatore Teatro Argentina
Paolo Baroni
as Michotte
Galeazzo Benti
as Duca de La Rouchefoucault
Maria Grazia Bon
as Cuoca Villa Passy
Daniel Bosch
as Accompagnatore nonna Rossini
Cecilia Brandt
as 2° Cameriera Villa Passy
Marcello Catalano
as Ufficiale Francese Pesaro
Pierluigi Cervetti
as Padrone locanda
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
as Barone Rothschild
Barbara Chiesa
as 1° Cameriere Villa Passy
Silvia Cohen
as Marietta Alboni
Roberto Corbiletto
as Librettista Shmidt
Alfredo D'Aloisio
as Raffanelli
Ludovico Della Jojo
as Padrone locanda romana
Daniela Foà
as Signora Morandi
Cosimo Fusco
as Franco
Andrea Garinei
as Sentinella Pesaro
Claudio Gora
as Dott. Bardos
Salvatore Iacono
as Capo Guardie Pesaro
Arianne Kha
as Signora carrozza Bois de Boulogne
Dina Leoni
as Rosina
Mario Maffei
as Morandi
Serena Mariani
as Rossini bambino
Franco Marino
as Re Ferdinando
Maurizio Mattioli
as Mimì
David Maunsell
as Giacomo
Christian Moras
as Heugel
Gianni Pala Contini
as Velluti
Rosa Pianeta
as Spettatrice Teatro Argentina
Paolo Proietti
as Generale Perrin
Maurizio Scarfeo
as Nozzari
Tullio Sorrentino
as Napoleone
Pino Tosca
as Vivazza
Enzo Turrin
as Impresario Cera
Pia Velsi
as Adina
Michelangelo Zaccaria
as Conte Nigra
Mario Monicelli
Director
Nicola Badalucco
Screenplay
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Bruno Cagli
Music Consultant
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Story
Gioacchino Rossini
Original Music Composer
Giovanni Paisiello
Ferdinando Paër
Federico Amati
Stefano Dioguardi
Production Secretary
Stefano Coletta
Camera Operator
Amanzio Todini
Casting
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Anna Maria Bene
Administration
Valeria Bene
Roberto Marsigli
Assistant Camera
Bruno Ricci
Production Executive
Filippo Licenziato
Franco Velchi
Production Design
Silvia Tolino
Production Supervisor
Maricla Sellari
Producer
Bruno Cesari
Set Decoration
Ezio Di Monte
Raimondo Castelli
Production Coordinator
Roberto Brega
Lina Nerli Taviani
Costume Design
Stefano Chiezzi
Second Assistant Director
Maria Vittoria Abbrugiati
Script Supervisor
Rita Polidori
Assistant Editor
Marcello Tagliaferri
Production Manager
Alfonso Cucci
Riki Roseo
Executive Producer
Andrea Nuzzolo
Livia Del Priore
Assistant Production Design
Gian Paolo Varani
Maurizio Silvi
Makeup Artist
Daniele Cimini
Gianfranco Salis
Still Photographer
Patrizia Alfonsi
Assistant Set Decoration
Luigi Rocchetti
Makeup Department Head
Alexandra Toesca
Assistant Costume Designer
Fulvio De Angelis
Sound Mixer
Claudio Pittorino
Fausto Capozzi
Stefano Ricciotti
Vincenzo Marinese
Valerio Garzia
Gaffer
Lorenzo Tovoli
Remo Ugolinelli
Sound
Egidio Spugnini
Federico Brasca
Marina Roberti
Giuseppe Sorrentino
Patrizia Corridoni
Hairstylist
Roberta Maiuti
Angelo Raguseo
Anna Antonelli
Gasperina Marani
Elena Carveni
Claudia Bianchi
Mauro Anzelotti
Key Grip
Corrado Volpicelli
Boom Operator
Mauro Tamagnini
Hair Department Head
Federico Laurenti
Elisabetta De Leonardis
First Assistant Director