Fidelio

movie

Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose certain crimes of the nobleman Pizarro. In revenge, Pizarro has secretly imprisoned Florestan in the prison over which Pizarro is governor. The jailer of the prison, Rocco, has a daughter, Marzelline, and a servant (or assistant), Jaquino. Florestan's wife, Leonore, came to Rocco's door dressed as a boy seeking employment, and Rocco hired her. On orders, Rocco has been giving Florestan diminishing rations until he is nearly starved to death. Place: A Spanish state prison, a few miles from Seville Time: Late 18th century

Cast & crew

Ildikó Raimondi · Waltraud Meier · Javier Agulló · Juha Uusitalo · Rainer Trost · Pier' Alli · Tiziano Mancini · Nahuel Di Pierro · Peter Seiffert · Carsten Stabell · Zubin Mehta · Matti Salminen