Editing Arturo Toscanini (section)

==Film==
In December 1943, Toscanini appeared in a 31-minute film for the United States [[Office of War Information]] titled ''[[Hymn of the Nations]]'', directed by [[Alexander Hammid]]. Mostly filmed in NBC's Studio 8-H, the film, narrated by [[Burgess Meredith]], consists of Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Verdi's overture to ''La forza del destino'' and ''[[Inno delle nazioni]]'' (Hymn of the Nations), a [[cantata]] which contains the national anthems of England, France, and Italy (the World War I allied nations), to which Toscanini added the Soviet "[[Internationale]]" and "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]". Tenor [[Jan Peerce]] and the [[Westminster Choir]] performed in the latter work.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-01-13|title=Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations|url=https://time.com/archive/6775098/cinema-toscanini-hymn-of-the-nations/|access-date=2023-03-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113155431/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,778680,00.html |archive-date=January 13, 2009 }}</ref>

The film was commercially released by RCA/BMG on DVD in 2004. The "Internationale" was cut from the 1943 film after its original release, but the complete recording of ''Hymn of the Nations'' including the "Internationale" can be heard on all RCA LP and CD releases of the cantata.<ref>{{Citation|last=Rosen|first=Peter|title=Toscanini: The Maestro / Verdi - Hymn of the Nations|date=March 9, 2004 |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00017HWLW|access-date=2023-03-17|language=English}}</ref> ''Hymn of the Nations'' was nominated for a 1944 [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject|Best Documentary Short]].<ref>{{IMDb title|0036023|Hymn of the Nations}}</ref>

''[[Toscanini: The Maestro]]'' is a 1985 documentary made for cable television. The film features archival footage of the conductor and interviews with musicians who worked with him. This film was released on VHS and in 2004 on the same DVD which included the film, ''Hymn of the Nations''.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Toscanini is the subject of the 1988 fictionalized biography ''Il giovane Toscanini'' (''[[Young Toscanini]]''), starring [[C. Thomas Howell]] and [[Elizabeth Taylor]], and directed by [[Franco Zeffirelli]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/130532/Young-Toscanini/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224070249/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/130532/Young-Toscanini/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-12-24|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Matthew Tobey|date=2007|title=Movies: About ''Il Giovane Toscanini''}}</ref> It received scathing reviews and was never officially released in the United States. The film is a fictional recounting of the events that led up to Toscanini making his conducting debut in Rio de Janeiro in 1886. Although nearly all of the plot is embellished, the events surrounding the sudden and unexpected conducting debut are based on fact.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

[[John Kavanagh (actor)|John Kavanagh]] plays Toscanini in a brief scene in [[Florence Foster Jenkins (film)]].