The Genius and the Nightingale

A biopic of soprano Maria Malibran (1808–1836). A beautiful singer, Maria Malibran, is forced to turn to the stage after her husband takes to gambling, and goes to Paris where she falls in love with a famous violinist. When her money-seeking husband reappears, the couple go to London, where they find happiness. A composer falls in love with Maria but when his affections are unrequited, he becomes broken, takes to drinking and dies.

• Guido BrignoneDirector
• Thea von HarbouScreenplay
• Tomaso SmithScreenplay
• Franco RigantiScreenplay

• Maria CebotariMaria Malibran
• Rossano BrazziCarlo de Beriot
• Rina MorelliAngelina
• Sylvia de BettiniEnrichetta Sontag
• Tina LattanziCast
• Renato CialenteConte Ernrsto Malibran
• Loris GizziGiovacchino Rossini
• Roberto BruniVincenzo Bellini
• Aldo SilvaniLuigi Lablache
• Armando MigliariDirettore del teatro lirico londinese