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Singing Behind Screens ()

Cantando dietro i paraventi (original title)
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A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.

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Il vecchio capitano
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Vedova Ching
Sally Ming Zeo Ni ...
Confidente
Camillo Grassi ...
Nostromo
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Ammiraglio Ching
Li Xiang Yang ...
Supremo ammiraglio Kwo Lang
Wen Li Guang ...
Dignitario imperiale
Chen Ruohao ...
Emissario imperiale
Davide Dragonetti ...
Cliente ignaro
Alberto Capone ...
Cliente militare
Carlene Ko ...
Mery Red
Sultan Temir Omarov ...
Ammiraglio Thin Kwei
Bellini Zheng ...
Il piccolo Guiady
Gaowta Shara Azzolini ...
Piratessa
Xuwu Chen ...
Figlio del Cielo
Jiahua Chen ...
Pirata
Mexiang Chen ...
Donna musicante
Un Cho Sung ...
Pirata (as Sung Un Cho)
Visanu Aliatis Corbi ...
Calico Jack
Quing Diao ...
General
Miyuki Hayakawa ...
Madre di Guary
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Piratessa (as Wen He)
Li Hua Kao ...
Piratessa
Huan Li ...
Piratessa
Xiang Li ...
General
Jiangke Liao ...
Contadino innamorato
Liliana Liao ...
Piratessa
Jiann Liou ...
General
Rosa Liu ...
Piratessa
Yi Liu ...
Contadina innamorata
Stefano Lu ...
Pirata sentinella
Sofia Akami Marchi ...
Donna musicante
Qiang Shen ...
Pirata
Daisuke Unehara ...
Pirata
Jue Wang ...
Donna musicante
Wai Tung Wong ...
General
Ling Xe ...
Pirata
Qiuju Zhang ...
Piratessa
Yanlu Zhang ...
Piratessa
Peixing Zhao ...
General
Nagira Zhumangulova ...
Anne Bonney
Rongcai Li
Weiye Chen
Chunqi Gu
Chin Mei Hsu
Chang Wung Chen
Ye Li Pong Lin
Chang Hai Xu
Sen Hua Xu
Xumin Xu
Guenmeng Zhu
Chang Lin Jiang
Chun Ja Kwon
Chao Kong Lin
Erika Takagi
Fuquan Yang
Hong Liang Xu
Kunihiro Giuliano Este
Xinyuan Ye
Fekong Chen
Suilan Zheng
Guanmeng Zhu
Qingfong Zhu
Yuankhong Yu
Chang Zhou
Xinju Ye
Sisi Xu
Goulsim Karipovna Zhumagoulova
Francesco Chi ...
Child
Fabrizio Xu ...
Child
Frances Xu ...
Child (as Francesca Xu)
Stefano Chu ...
Child
Alessia Zhu ...
Child

Directed by

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Ermanno Olmi

Written by

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Ermanno Olmi ... (screenplay)
 
Jorge Luis Borges ... (short story "The Widow Ching, Lady Pirate") (uncredited)

Produced by

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Alessandro Calosci ... executive producer
Roberto Cicutto ... producer
Ferdinanda Frangipane ... executive producer
Luigi Musini ... producer
Daniele Passani ... executive producer
Tom Rosenberg ... producer

Music by

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Han Yong

Cinematography by

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Fabio Olmi

Editing by

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Paolo Cottignola

Editorial Department

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Elisabetta Brusatin ... second assistant editor
Stefano Quaglia ... first assistant editor

Casting By

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Enrico Marrari ... (as Andrea Marrari)

Production Design by

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Luigi Marchione

Art Direction by

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Pasquale Germano

Costume Design by

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Francesca Sartori

Makeup Department

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Diego Avolio ... makeup artist
Giuseppe Desiato ... makeup artist
Ferdinando Merolla ... key hair stylist
Giulio Pezza ... makeup designer
Angelo Vannella ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Benedetta Altissimi ... production supervisor
Remo Chiappa ... unit production manager
Slobodan Pavicevic ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Luca Di Molfetta ... second assistant director
Gaia Gorrini ... first assistant director
Cinzia Liberati ... assistant director

Art Department

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Salvatore Alonzo ... set dresser
Alessandro Andreini ... construction advisor: kites
Mira Apci ... art department assistant (as a different name) / set dresser (as a different name)
Dario Badia ... construction coordinator: ships
Marc'Antonio Brandolini ... assistant art director
Andrea Casalboni ... construction advisor: kites
Adriano Ceccotti ... construction: ships
Marcello Ceccotti ... construction coordinator: ships
Corrado Corradi ... construction: ships
Angelo Cuccotti ... construction advisor: ships
Antonio Cunsolo ... assistant property master
Andrea De Antoniis ... set designer
Paolo Dore ... model maker
Gaston Gortan ... preproduction art assistant
Vlasto Maric ... painter
Francesco Millioni ... construction advisor: kites
Stefano Paltrinieri ... property master
Daniele Passani ... construction advisor: ships
Massimiliano Petrolini ... carpenter
Zoran Petrovic ... property master
Monica Pirone ... set designer
Giuseppe Pirrotta ... assistant production designer
Alessandro Troso ... assistant art director

Sound Department

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Doug Cooper ... first assistant sound editor (as Douglas Cooper)
Robert Farr ... re-recording mixer
Alessandro Giacco ... sound effects editor
James Seddon ... dolby consultant
Graham Todd ... second assistant sound editor
Armando Trivellini ... direct sound

Special Effects by

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Gianni Indovino ... key armourer
Camillo Leporati ... special effects technician
Michele Quartullo ... special effects
Luca Ricci ... special effects technician
Elio Terribili ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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Matthew Bristowe ... digital lab producer
Paola Broggi ... visual effects coordinator
Andrea Burla ... digital effects
Silvia Buttignon ... digital artist
Gabriele Diaferia ... digital compositor / visual effects art director
Marco Fiorani Parenzi ... digital compositor
Igor Fiorentini ... digital compositor
Giulia Lamacchia ... visual effects
Paolo Lato ... visual effects producer
Giles Livesey ... digital film colorist
Begoña Lopez ... digital lab producer
Rosalinda Malibiran ... visual effects
Chiara Pierrettori ... visual effects coordinator
Marco Revelant ... visual effects
Josè Sala ... digital compositor
Nicola Scarpinato ... 3d supervisor
Franco Valenziano ... digital effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department

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Stefano Alessi ... electrician
Maurizio Benvenuto ... key grip
Roberto Josè Cecato ... still photographer
Francesco Liotard ... assistant camera / camera operator: second unit
Elvis Musicco ... electrician
Jovica Nonkovic ... gaffer / second assistant camera
Massimiliano Pantucci ... camera operator
Enrico Quacquarini ... grip
Claudio Sidotti ... second assistant camera
Stefano Slocovich ... second assistant camera

Casting Department

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Vania Arcangeli ... additional cast
Antonella Dainelli ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Elisabetta Antico ... wardrobe assistant
Giovanna Cecchitelli ... costumer
Piera Cimino ... costumer
Orlanda Contardi ... costumer
Elide d'Angelo ... costumer
Franca di Legge ... costumer
Aurelia Laurenti ... wardrobe assistant
Claudette Lilly ... assistant costume designer
Mara Masiero ... aging artist
Marta Renzi ... aging assistant
Maria Pia Rossi ... costumer
Nadia Salvatore ... costumer / set costumer
Lucrezia Tavernese ... wardrobe assistant
Vittorio Torrieri ... costume supervisor

Music Department

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John Barclay ... trumpet soloist
Ludovico Fulci ... music assistant / piano solo
John Lenehan ... piano solo
Susan Monks ... cello soloist
Rachel Portman ... music advisor
Christopher Warren-Green ... violin soloist

Additional Crew

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Ilaria Bosi ... production assistant
Elisabetta Bucciarelli ... dubbing director
Valentina Carnelutti ... voice dubbing: Jun Ichikawa
Rossana Chiarelli ... interpreter
Sophia Chuang ... coordinator: eastern actors
Ennio Coltorti ... voice dubbing: Camillo Grassi
Danilo De Girolamo ... voice dubbing: Chen Ruohao
Pino Ferrara ... voice dubbing: Wen Li Guang
Ivana Kastratovic ... consultant: Montenegro
Mira Lukic ... production secretary
Sacha Marchetti ... production assistant
Aurelio Marino ... payroll accountant
Roberta Mazzotti ... payroll accountant
Carlo Miscoli ... administration
Mascia Musy ... voice dubbing: Sally Ming Neo Zi
Alessandra Pascucci ... payroll accountant
Monica Verzolini ... post production
Yu-lin Yang ... choreographer

Thanks

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Valentina Setta ... thanks: Montenegro Consulate General in Italy
Zhong King Zhou ... thanks: President of the Chinese in Italy

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Also Known As
  • Singing Behind Screens (United Kingdom)
  • En chantant derrière les paravents (France)
  • Singing Behind Screens (World-wide, English title)
  • Singing Behind Screens (Canada, English title)
  • Singing Behind Screens (United States)
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Runtime
  • 98 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend Italy EUR205,920, 26 Oct 2003

Did You Know?

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Trivia Bud Spencer initially asked the producers if he could be credited under his real name (Carlo Pedersoli), due to the film's more serious tone compared to the titles he was most commonly associated with. He reconsidered after being told that his presence would boost the film's box office prospects. See more »
Movie Connections Features La bella corsara (1928). See more »
Soundtracks L'oiseau de feu: Berceuse See more »

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