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Nicolo Paganini

Nicolo Paganini

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1982

Runtime

4h 16m

Genres

Drama

User Score

20%

Original Title

Никколо Паганини

Production Companies

Gosteleradio USSR, Lenfilm, Bulgaria TV

Director

Leonid Menaker

Description

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.