A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his superior violin with that of another apprentice, Sandro, whom Giannina loves.
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Herbert Prior as Taddeo Ferrari
Mary Pickford as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
Owen Moore as Sandro
David Miles as Filippo, the Cripple
Harry Solter as The Judge
Marion Leonard as The Judge's Companion
Charles Avery as Worker / In Crowd
Arthur V. Johnson as In Crowd
Violet Mersereau as In Crowd
Anthony O'Sullivan as Worker
Mack Sennett as In Crowd
John R. Cumpson as In Crowd
D.W. Griffith Director
Frank E. Woods Writer
François Coppée Original Story
Billy Bitzer Cinematography
El violinista de Cremona Trailer
United States 07 June 1909
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