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Palestrina - Prince of Music is an Italian/German 2009 music film directed by Georg Brintrup. The subject is the life and music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca.1525-1594), a famous Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music. He is the best-known 16th-century composer of the Roman School. Filmed in March 2009 on locations mainly in and around L'Aquila and Rome, most of the ancient buildings and historical interiors in the city of L'Aquila were destroyed by the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, only a few days after the end of shooting. Palestrina’s music in the film is directed by Flavio Colusso and the Roman Ensemble Seicentonovecento. The film was also titled The Liberation of Music or Die Befreiung der Musik when released in Germany.
Original Release
03/15/2010
Cast
Name | Character |
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Domenico Galasso | Iginio |
Stefano Oppedisano | Annibale |
Claudio Marchione | Cristoforo |
Renato Scarpa | Monsignor Cotta |
Achille Brugnini | Gioacchino |
Franco Nero | Domenico Ferrabosco |
Remo Remotti | Filippo Neri |
Giorgio Colangeli | Leonardo Barré |
Pasquale Di Filippo | Giovanni Severini |
Bartolomeo Giusti | Old palestrina |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Domenico Galasso | Iginio |
Stefano Oppedisano | Annibale |
Claudio Marchione | Cristoforo |
Renato Scarpa | Monsignor Cotta |
Achille Brugnini | Gioacchino |
Franco Nero | Domenico Ferrabosco |
Remo Remotti | Filippo Neri |
Giorgio Colangeli | Leonardo Barré |
Pasquale Di Filippo | Giovanni Severini |
Bartolomeo Giusti | Old palestrina |
Daniele Giuliani | Young palestrina |
Patrizia Bellezza | Virginia Dormuli |
Francesca Catenacci | Lucrezia Gori |
Jobst Grapow | Cardinale Vitelli |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Christopher Janssen | Executive Producer |
Wulf-Ernst Hoffer | Producer |