Screenplay: Franco Zeffirelli

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast Teresa Stratas · Plácido Domingo · Cornell MacNeil · Allan Monk

Plot "La Traviata" is simply that of "Camille." The principal incidents of Dumas's play are reproduced with general fidelity in the opera. In the first act there are scenes of gayety...

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast Robert Powell · Anne Bancroft · James Mason · Rod Steiger

Plot Originally made for TV in 1977, this in-depth (six hours plus) version of Jesus' life is so thorough that the first hour is devoted solely to the story of his...

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast William Hurt · Charlotte Gainsbourg · Anna Paquin · Joan Plowright

Plot Jane Eyre (portrayed as the orphan child by Anna Paquin and as an adult by Charlotte Gainsbourg) is the plain, impoverished young woman who is hired by Mr. Rochester (William...

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast Plácido Domingo · Katia Ricciarelli · Justino Diaz · Petra Malakova

Plot Based on Shakesphere's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio...

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast Mel Gibson · Glenn Close · Alan Bates · Paul Scofield

Plot When he hears that his father the king has died, Hamlet (Mel Gibson) returns home to Denmark. He finds that mother Gertrude (Glenn Close) has married his uncle Claudius who...

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast Elizabeth Taylor · Richard Burton · Cyril Cusack · Michael Hordern

Plot Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor bring gusto and ferocity to their roles as Katherine and Petruchio in this quintessential battle of the sexes, a vibrant adaptation of the classic Shakespeare...

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast Cher · Judi Dench · Joan Plowright · Maggie Smith

Plot Semi-autobiographical tale from the early life of director Franco Zeffirelli looks at the illegitimate son of an Italian businessman. The boy's mother has died, and he is raised by an...

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast Angela Bettis · Johnathon Schaech · Eva Alexander · Andrea Cassar

Plot Catania, Sicilia 1864. A serious epidemic of cholera is hitting the region. Maria a 16 years old novice leaves her convent and returns her home to avoid contamination. Here she...

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast C. Thomas Howell · Elizabeth Taylor · Sophie Ward · Pat Heywood

Plot This biographical costume drama from director Franco Zeffirelli covers the early life of Arturo Toscanini and stars C. Thomas Howell as the famous composer. When Arturo lands a job with...

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast Fanny Ardant · Jeremy Irons · Joan Plowright · Jay Rodan

Plot A fictionalized account of the last days of opera singer Maria Callas (Ardant).

Direction Franco Zeffirelli

Cast Monica Bellucci · Andrea Bocelli

Plot The magic of the city, suspended between the past and the future through the images of the great director.