an Unitel Classica/Mr-Film production ; supported by ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Film Institut, Film Fonds Wien ; in association with IMG Artists, Deutsche Grammophon ; in co-production with ZDF ; [music] by Giacomo Puccini ; [libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusepe Giacosa] ; produced by Jan Mojto, Kurt J. Mrkwicka, Jeffrey D. Vanderveen ; directed by Robert Dornholm