Marcel Escoffier

At the beginning of 1964, the music world experiences something completely unexpected. Maria Callas returns to the opera stage as the prima donna. Her "Tosca" at the Royal Opera House becomes a sensation. Maria Callas wants to show everyone once again that she deserves the title of "prima donna assoluta." On the condition that star director Franco Zeffirelli take over the direction, the exceptional singer agrees to sing the role of Tosca. The BBC recorded the 2nd act of the opera for television. It is one of the most dramatic acts in opera history: in order to free the painter Cavaradossi from the hands of torturers, Tosca ends up murdering the police chief Scarpia. The film footage is one of the rare opportunities to see Maria Callas in an opera performance and to experience her highly emotional performance art and vocal abilities.

Sicilia, finales del siglo XIX. Adriana (Sophia Loren) y César (Richard Burton) se han amado durante años, pero el peso de la tradición es tan fuerte que ella, por acuerdo de las familias de ambos, termina casándose con el hermano menor de César. Sin embargo, ése no será el único revés que tendrán que afrontar.

In the absence of her royal husband Theseus, thought to be dead, Phaedra declares her love to Hippolyte, Theseus's son from a previous marriage.

A man is delighted to hear that his wife is pregnant and he begins to prepare for the wonders of fatherhood. As time progresses along, the family grows larger with each successive child and the father feels his importance in the family has been lessened with all the children. This man's quiet desperation to hold onto his position is an interesting lesson in the family dynamic and how everyone is an important part of the whole.

Conjunto de siete cortos sobre el adulterio con Shirley MacLaine como protagonista.

Sara, la hija de un pescador, deja su pueblo y se va a Madrid, donde se gana la vida como cantante en un tablao. Allí conoce a Rafael, un diputado que decide ayudarla porque ve en ella un gran futuro en el mundo de la música. Le paga clases privadas de canto, la enseña a vestir con elegancia y la convierte en una gran señora con muchas posibilidades de alcanzar el éxito.

In the early 1960s two artistic giants, conductor Herbert von Karajan and director Franco Zeffirelli, joined forces to create this milestone production of Puccini’s masterpiece at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. Filmed in that legendary opera house in 1965, with Zeffireli himself directing for the cameras, this “Bohème” has been acclaimed universally for its unique theatrical impact and visual splendour. Starring the young Mirella Freni in her carreer-making performance. – For the first time the full dimension of opera on film.

Adaptación de la novela homónima del escritor italiano Alberto Moravia. Carla y Michele son dos hermanos que pertenecen a una familia arruinada de la burguesía romana, pero son incapaces de afrontar la situación. Carla se deja seducir por Merumeci, un hombre rico que es el amante de su madre.

The spirit of a vengeful female vampire is released from her grave and possesses a wealthy young woman of nobility, who preys on other women in her village.

The exploits of three young Roman criminals are chronicled in this socially conscious drama. The young men commit petty crimes all day begin with arms theft, and culminating with a night with three streetwalkers. After their pleasure, the boys try to cheat the hookers, but they ladies are smarter than that and have stolen their cash ahead of time.  It's back to the city for the boys, where they continue their destructive games...

Adaptación de la novela de Victor Hugo, con Jean Gabin en el papel de Jean Valjean.

En 1865, el joven Octave Mouret llega a París dispuesto a hacer una gran fortuna aprovechando tanto sus encantos físicos como sus exquisitos modales de caballero. Seduce a cuantas mujeres considera necesario para sus fines, y así va escalando posiciones en el escalafón social. Adaptación de una novela de Émile Zola a la que Duvivier le da a la vez un toque romántico y cínico.

A modest taylor the women found irresistible inherit a Maison de couture in financial difficulty. Decided to save it he prepare a great collection. But when his wife discovered his relations with one of the mannequin, how would he prevent the scandale without loosing... both of them?!

Lola Montes (Martine Carol), cortesana y bailarina famosa en toda Europa, fue la amante de grandes hombres como el músico húngaro Franz Liszt o Luis II de Baviera. Ya en el ocaso de su carrera, trabajó en un circo de Nueva Orleáns (Luisiana), donde realizaba un número acrobático mientras un maestro de ceremonias (Peter Ustinov) narraba al público su escandalosa vida.

An Italo-French biopic about one of the most famous women of Belle Époque, Spanish-born dancer and actress, star of Folies-Bèrgere: Carolina Otero.

Año 1866. Livia, una bella dama de una aristocrática familia italiana, vive un intenso romance con el teniente Franz Mahler, un oficial del ejército austriaco, en plena guerra de independencia italiana frente a Austria.

Tres episodios: un hombre al que nunca vemos presenta a las tres protagonistas del film. Elizabeth, una víctima de la II Guerra Mundial; Juana, que hizo la guerra, y Lisístrata, que luchó contra la guerra.

Durante un paseo por el Sacromonte, la gitana Violeta leyó en la mano de la joven Eugenia de Montijo su futuro como emperatriz. Algún tiempo después, Violeta se establece en Paris como doncella personal de la Emperatriz de Francia. En la corte vive Don Juan de Ayala, un primo de Eugenia que intenta seducir a la hermosa gitana.

Orfeo es un poeta obsesionado con la Muerte (la Princesa) de la cual se enamora. Un día los esbirros de la Muerte matan a Eurídice, la esposa de Orfeo, y éste decide seguirla hasta el Inframundo para rescatarla. Este film es la parte central de la trilogía órfica de Jean Cocteau: La sangre de un poeta (1932), Orfeo (1950) y El testamento de Orfeo (1960).

Pasión, lucidez y fatalidad son las claves de este drama moderno con tintes de tragedia griega. Yvonne, una mujer enferma, ignora a su marido concentrando todo su amor en su hijo. Cuando éste le anuncia que va a casarse, resultará que su novia es la protegida de su padre...

Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.

In the 19th century, a thug from the slums of Paris pretends to be a young aristocrat, but is unmasked by a demi-mondaine, from the same background as him.

Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...

Érase una vez un mercader arruinado que vivía con su hijo Ludovic y sus tres hijas. Dos de ellas, Felicie y Adelaide, son seres egoístas que explotan a su hermana pequeña Bella. Un día, el padre se pierde en el bosque y llega hasta un castillo. Allí encuentra una preciosa rosa y decide cogerla para Bella, entonces aparece el señor del castillo que le impondrá un duro castigo por su osadía.

Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution, determined to spread decency and kindness in the harsh and cruel world. He becomes betrothed to an innocent young girl while trying to save a less-innocent woman from her own travail, but jealousy and his own naivete conjoin to bring about unimaginable tragedy.