The miniseries Marconi – L’uomo che ha connesso il mondo, produced by Stand by Me in collaboration with Rai Fiction, directed by Lucio Pellegrini, written by Salvatore De Mola and Bernardo Pellegrini with historical consultancy from the Marconi family and Barbara Valotti, director of the Marconi Museum in Pontecchio, blends the historical-biographical genre with the spy story in recreating the figure of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor, scientist, entrepreneur who made history in Italy and around the world.
The series focuses on 1937, the last year in the life of Guglielmo Marconi (Stefano Accorsi) who spends his time in his laboratory on the yacht "Elettra", where he lives with his wife Maria Cristina (Cecilia Bertozzi) and their daughter Elettra (Carolina Michelangeli). Marconi is a man troubled by profound internal conflict. His unshakable faith in science as an instrument of progress for humanity is in conflict with the sharpening hostility of international relations, Italy’s growing isolation and the progressive dissipation of his relationship with Mussolini (Fortunato Cerlino), formerly based on mutual convenience and now increasingly difficult to handle. Marconi does not like the regime’s insistence nor press insinuations about the creation of a hypothetical secret weapon.
The narrative device framing the inventor’s life is the interview given by Marconi to Italian-American journalist Isabella Gordon (Ludovica Martino), which ranges from his first experiments in 1895 on the Celestini hill at Villa Griffone, his family’s historic residence, when the 18 year old Guglielmo (Nicolas Maupas) carries out the first wireless transmission marking the beginning of telegraphy. The story includes other feats such as the first transoceanic transmission in history, between Cornwall and Canada in 1901. Without Marconi's knowledge, Isabella Gordon is collaborating with the regime, reporting information on her work to her lover and OVRA official Achille Martinucci (Alessio Vassallo), right hand man to Giuseppe Bottai (Flavio Furno), Minister of National Education.
Filmed in Emilia-Romagna and Lazio, the series used the locations where events actually took place and iconic places of Italian historical heritage including: Villa Griffone (Sasso Marconi, Bologna), now home to the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation-Museo Marconi; Palazzo Venezia (in particular the Mappamondo Room); Villa Mondragone (Frascati); Villa Torlonia (Rome); and the Historical Museum of Communication (Rome). The scenes on the yacht "Elettra", Guglielmo Marconi's home and laboratory which no longer exists, were shot using a 27 metre long model built in a soundstage.
The miniseries Marconi – L’uomo che ha connesso il mondo, produced by Stand by Me in collaboration with Rai Fiction, directed by Lucio Pellegrini, written by Salvatore De Mola and Bernardo Pellegrini with historical consultancy from the Marconi family and Barbara Valotti, director of the Marconi Museum in Pontecchio, blends the historical-biographical genre with the spy story in recreating the figure of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor, scientist, entrepreneur who made history in Italy and around the world.
The series focuses on 1937, the last year in the life of Guglielmo Marconi (Stefano Accorsi) who spends his time in his laboratory on the yacht "Elettra", where he lives with his wife Maria Cristina (Cecilia Bertozzi) and their daughter Elettra (Carolina Michelangeli). Marconi is a man troubled by profound internal conflict. His unshakable faith in science as an instrument of progress for humanity is in conflict with the sharpening hostility of international relations, Italy’s growing isolation and the progressive dissipation of his relationship with Mussolini (Fortunato Cerlino), formerly based on mutual convenience and now increasingly difficult to handle. Marconi does not like the regime’s insistence nor press insinuations about the creation of a hypothetical secret weapon.
The narrative device framing the inventor’s life is the interview given by Marconi to Italian-American journalist Isabella Gordon (Ludovica Martino), which ranges from his first experiments in 1895 on the Celestini hill at Villa Griffone, his family’s historic residence, when the 18 year old Guglielmo (Nicolas Maupas) carries out the first wireless transmission marking the beginning of telegraphy. The story includes other feats such as the first transoceanic transmission in history, between Cornwall and Canada in 1901. Without Marconi's knowledge, Isabella Gordon is collaborating with the regime, reporting information on her work to her lover and OVRA official Achille Martinucci (Alessio Vassallo), right hand man to Giuseppe Bottai (Flavio Furno), Minister of National Education.
Filmed in Emilia-Romagna and Lazio, the series used the locations where events actually took place and iconic places of Italian historical heritage including: Villa Griffone (Sasso Marconi, Bologna), now home to the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation-Museo Marconi; Palazzo Venezia (in particular the Mappamondo Room); Villa Mondragone (Frascati); Villa Torlonia (Rome); and the Historical Museum of Communication (Rome). The scenes on the yacht "Elettra", Guglielmo Marconi's home and laboratory which no longer exists, were shot using a 27 metre long model built in a soundstage.
Copyright: Rai
Copyright: Rai
Alessio Vassallo
Stand by me, Rai Fiction
1937. The last year in the life of Guglielmo Marconi which he spends on his yacht “Elettra” where he had his laboratory and lived with his wife Maria Cristina and their beloved daughter Elettra. He is deeply troubled: his insurmountable faith in science as the path for mankind’s progress conflicting with the sharpening hostility of international relations, Italy’s growing isolation and the progressive dissipation of his relationship with Mussolini.
