The Young Caruso The Young Caruso The Young Caruso is a 1951 Italian biographical film about Enrico Caruso, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It stars Ermanno Randi as Enrico Caruso and Gina Lollobrigida. Its original Italian title is Enrico Caruso: leggenda di una voce (Enrico Caruso: Legend of a Voice). It was produced by Asso Film, Londo Films and Tirenna Film Associata di Roma. It was adapted from a novel by Frank Thiess, Neapolitanische Legende (Neapolitan Legend). The film follows the life of the legendary tenor from childhood poverty in Naples to the beginning of his rise to fame. Caruso's voice was provided by
Pietro Caruso one of Caruso's own lieutenants, but had been arrested seven days earlier as a secret agent working for the Allies through OSS. After Italy's liberation from the German occupation, Caruso was tried for his numerous crimes, sentenced to death and executed by a firing squad of Polizia di Stato in the courtyard of the Fort Bravetta in Rome. Pietro Caruso Pietro Caruso (born 10 November 1899 in Maddaloni – died 22 September 1944 in Rome) was an Italian Fascist and head of the Italian police during the final part of World War II. Together with Herbert Kappler, the German Gestapo