The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.

• Italia Film
• Grandi Film Storici
• Fosco Giachetti
• Gaby Morlay
• Germana Paolieri
• Camillo Pilotto
• Cesco Baseggio
• Maria Jacobini
• Maria Cebotari
• Febo Mari