---
title: 'The Great Caruso (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Thorpe'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-caruso-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043599/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Caruso (1951)

1951 · 109 min · Drama, History, Music · United States


## Synopsis

The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical film directed by Richard Thorpe, produced by Joe Pasternak, distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mario Lanza as operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. The highly fictionalized screenplay, written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, is based on the biography Enrico Caruso His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso, Caruso's widow. The original music was composed and arranged by Johnny Green, the cinematographer was Joseph Ruttenberg and the costume designers were Helen Rose and Gile Steele.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe)
- **Screenplay:** [Sonya Levien](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonya-levien), [William Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-ludwig)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Johnny Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-green-2)
- **Producer:** [Joe Pasternak](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pasternak)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Ruttenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-ruttenberg)
- **Editor:** [Gene Ruggiero](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-ruggiero)

## Cast

- [Dorothy Kirsten](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-kirsten)
- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe)
- [Yvette Duguay](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvette-duguay)
- [Jarmila Novotná](https://cinepixo.com/people/jarmila-novotna)
- [Edit Angold](https://cinepixo.com/people/edit-angold)
- [Argentina Brunetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/argentina-brunetti)
- [Richard Hageman](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hageman)
- [Nestor Paiva](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-paiva)
- [Eduard Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-franz)
- [Peter Brocco](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-brocco)
- [Paul Javor](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-javor)
- [Carl Benton Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-benton-reid)
- [Tito Vuolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tito-vuolo)
- [Carl Milletaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-milletaire)
- [Mario Lanza](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-lanza)

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