Austrian spies, silk merchants, and forbidden romance in 165 minutes of theatrical chaos.
Northern Italy is under Austrian rule in the late 1850s. Lorenzo Croce, an official of Milan, sees for the first time Francesca, the daughter of Martini, a Milanese silk fabrics merchant. She is protesting to Major Karlheinz Berger of the Austrian army's intelligence bureau about a recent order. The headquarters of the Austrian army has suspended the business of her family due to a suspicion that her elder brother Pietro is a member of an anti-Austrian group. Lorenzo is ordered by his superior to investigate Pietro.
Production
Takarazuka's all-female cast transforms gender on stage.
Costume
Silk merchant family gets silk merchant costumes. Obviously gorgeous.
Direction
Three directors somehow make one coherent vision.
Director
Shibata Yukihiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
JP
