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Based on the life of famed castrato singer Farinelli and his composer brother Riccardo, who lived in the singer's shadow. French and Italian with English subtitles.
Original Release
12/07/1994
US Release
03/17/1995
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Stefano Dionisi | Carlo Broschi (Farinelli) |
| Enrico Lo Verso | Riccardo Broschi |
| Elsa Zylberstein | Alexandra |
| Caroline Cellier | Margareth Hunter |
| Marianne Basler | Countess Mauer |
| Jacques Boudet | Felipe V |
| Graham Valentine | Prince of Wales |
| Pier Paolo Capponi | Broschi |
| Renaud du Peloux de Saint Romain | Benedict Hunter |
| Delphine Zentout | Young admirer |
Directors
Writers
Gérard Corbiau, Andrée Corbiau, Marcel Beaulieu
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Stefano Dionisi | Carlo Broschi (Farinelli) |
| Enrico Lo Verso | Riccardo Broschi |
| Elsa Zylberstein | Alexandra |
| Caroline Cellier | Margareth Hunter |
| Marianne Basler | Countess Mauer |
| Jacques Boudet | Felipe V |
| Graham Valentine | Prince of Wales |
| Pier Paolo Capponi | Broschi |
| Renaud du Peloux de Saint Romain | Benedict Hunter |
| Delphine Zentout | Young admirer |
| Omero Antonutti | Nicola Porpora |
| Jeroen Krabbe | George Frideric Handel / Georg Friedrich Händel |
| Richard Reeves | |
| Jonathan Fox | |
| Jo Betzing | (as Josef Betzing) |
| Karl-Heinz Dickmann | |
| Stefan Mazel | |
| Wolfgang Grindemann | |
| Hubert Burczek | |
| Harald Gotz |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Linda Gutenberg | Executive Producer |
| Dominique Janne | Executive Producer |
| Stéphane Thenoz | Executive Producer |
| Anne-Rose Cupidon | Executive Producer |
| Véra Belmont | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Farinelli
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1995 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Language Film | Won |
| 1995 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
