
Santini's Network
Drama
Overview
Santini's Network is a biographical film by German filmmaker Georg Brintrup on the life of Roman music collector Fortunato Santini and how his famous private assembly of manuscript scores grew into the greatest music collection of the age.
Top Cast


Renato Scarpa
Renato Scarpa
Fortunato Santini
Renato Scarpa
Fortunato Santini
John Gayford
John Gayford
Edward Dent
John Gayford
Edward Dent


Maximilian Scheidt
Maximilian Scheidt
Felix Mendelssohn
Maximilian Scheidt
Felix Mendelssohn


Florian Steffens
Florian Steffens
Young Edward Dent
Florian Steffens
Young Edward Dent


Domenico Galasso
Domenico Galasso
Giuseppe Baini
Domenico Galasso
Giuseppe Baini
Claudio Marchione
Claudio Marchione
Giuseppe Jannacconi
Claudio Marchione
Giuseppe Jannacconi
Pietro Beccattini
Pietro Beccattini
Cardinale Odescalchi
Pietro Beccattini
Cardinale Odescalchi
Cristian Giammarini
Cristian Giammarini
Bernhard Quante
Cristian Giammarini
Bernhard Quante
Antonio Giovannini
Antonio Giovannini
Mariano Astolfi (contralto)
Antonio Giovannini
Mariano Astolfi (contralto)
Harald Redmer
Harald Redmer
Carl-Friedrich Zelter
Harald Redmer
Carl-Friedrich Zelter
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