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.

The charming Adriana gets sick after her husband's death. Her brother-in-law takes her on a journey to meet a doctor, while love overwhelms them.

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.

Seven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession," a wayward widow at her husband's funeral; "Amateur Night," angry wife becomes streetwalker out of revenge; "Two Against One," seemingly prudish girl turns out otherwise; "Super Simone," wife vainly attempts to divert her over-engrossed writer husband; "At the Opera," a battle over a supposedly exclusive dress; "Suicides," a death pact; "Snow," would-be suitor is actually a private detective hired by jealous husband.

Sara is the daughter of a fisherman. She leaves her small village but she goes to Madrid to work as a flamenco singer in a club

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.

A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.

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.

As façanhas de três jovens criminosos romanos são narradas neste drama socialmente consciente. Os jovens cometem crimes mesquinhos o dia inteiro, começando com o roubo de armas e culminando com uma noite com três prostitutas. Depois do prazer, os meninos tentam trapacear as meninas, mas elas são mais espertas do que isso e roubam o dinheiro deles antes. Os malandros então retornam à cidade para mais crimes. As façanhas incluem o assédio de três homossexuais e tentativas de seduzir algumas mulheres. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

Victor Hugo's monumental novel Les Miserables has been filmed so often that sometimes it's hard to tell one version from another. One of the best and most faithful adaptations is this 240-minute French production, starring Jean Gabin as the beleaguered Jean Valjean. Arrested for a petty crime, Valjean spends years 20 in the brutal French penal system. Even upon his release, his trail is dogged by relentless Inspector Javert. Valjean's efforts to create a new life for himself despite the omnipresence of Javert is meticulously detailed in this film, which utilizes several episodes from the Hugo original that had hitherto never been dramatized. Originally released as a single film, Les Miserables was usually offered as a two-parter outside of France.

Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital.

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?!

Num circo decadente, a cortesã Lola Montes (1820-1861) estrela um espetáculo sobre a sua vida de aventuras, marcada pelos romances com o compositor Franz Liszt e o rei Ludwig I da Baviera. Por meio de flashbacks, entramos no universo de memórias dessa fascinante e melancólica personagem.

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.

Durante a primavera de 1866, a Itália está ocupada pela Áustria e prepara seu principal movimento de libertação. Em meio ao caos de Veneza, a Condessa Serpieri (Alida Valli), que participa da resistência, começa a nutrir um amor proibido: o tenente autríaco Franz Mahler (Farley Granger).

Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times, Jeanne d'Arc, medieval warrior and Elisabeth, American war widow who comes on pilgrimage in Italy.

Esta adaptação de 1950 do mito órfico de Jean Cocteau retrata um poeta famoso (Jean Marais) desprezado pelos jovens da Margem Esquerda, bem como seu amor pela esposa Eurídice (Marie Déa) e por uma misteriosa princesa (Maria Casarès).

Com diálogos intensos e lances teatrais, a história gira em torno de um triângulo amoroso, vivido entre um jovem mimado, uma moça e um homem mais velho. Foi baseado em uma peça de teatro de sucesso do próprio Cocteau, que manteve o elenco original para a gravação do filme.

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 ...

Obra-Prima do cinema francês que recria com encanto e magia o famoso conto de fadas de Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Um comerciante quase falido vive com seu filho Ludovic (Michel Auclair) e com suas três filhas. Duas delas, Felicie (Mila Paréli) e Adelaide (Nane Germon) são muito perversas, egoístas e pretensiosas. Elas se aproveitam da caçula, Bela (Josette Day), fazendo-a de empregada delas. Um dia, o comerciante perde-se na floresta e entra em um estranho castelo. Ele pega uma rosa para entregar à Bela e com isso, o dono do castelo, um monstro meio humano, meio fera, surge para ver quem está lá. A fera sentencia o comerciante à morte, a não ser que uma das filhas dele o substitua na prisão. Bela se sacrifica pelo pai e vai ao castelo, onde descobre que a fera não é tão selvagem e desumana.

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.