"The film tells the story of a love affair between a poor poet and an equally poor seamstress in 19th century Paris."
Barbara Hendricks
as Mimi
Luca Canonici
as Rodolfo
Angela Maria Blasi
as Musetta
Gino Quilico
as Marcello
Richard Cowan
as Schaunard
Francesco Ellero D'Artegna
as Colline
Ciccio Ingrassia
as Parpignol
Mario Maranzana
as Alcindoro
Federico Davià
as Benoit/Alcindoro (voice)
Massimo Girotti
as
José Carreras
as Rodolfo (singing voice)
Michel Sénéchal
as Parpignol (singing voice)
Guy Monbillard
Props
Reine Wekstein
Editor
Luigi Patrizi
Production Manager
Luigi Comencini
Director
Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Producer
Armando Nannuzzi
Director of Photography
Paola Comencini
Production Design
Presenter
Jean-Claude Bourlat
Henri Murger
Novel
Valérie Blier
Still Photographer
Solène Chevassus
Other
Giuseppe Giacosa
Opera
Massimo Patrizi
Franco Ragusa
Special Effects
Frédéric Auburtin
Second Assistant Director
Caterina Barenghi
Thierry Doerflinger
Catherine Chambelland
Casting
Claude Abeille
Carolina Ferrara
Costume Design
Catherine Pierrat
Unit Manager
Frédéric Vallet
Stunts
Luigi Illica
Sergio Buzi
Guy Level
Jean-Michel Bernot
Jean-Michel Sire