Franco Zeffirelli

Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung

Petruchio, verarmter Edelmann aus Verona, sucht eine reiche Frau. Er findet Katharina, eine Wildkatze, imstande, einem Mann das Leben zur Hölle zu machen. Die Brautwerbung ist ein einziger Machtkampf, Witz und Schlagfertigkeit seine Waffen. Als die Frischvermählten nach Padua zurückkehren, hat Petruchio seine Wette zu gewinnen, nach der seine Katharina die Fügsamste aller Frauen sei: es gelingt ihm mit ihrer Hilfe. So setzt sich am Ende doch die weibliche Raffinesse durch.

NR

7.1

1967 Komödie 117 min Spielen

6.3

Tee mit Mussolini

Da der uneheliche Vater von Luca diesen nach dem Tod von Lucas Mutter nicht aufziehen will, nehmen ihn einige ältere britische Damen in ihre Obhut. Doch dann kommt der Krieg...

PG

6.3

1999 Drama 117 min Spielen

6.3

Callas Forever

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

PG-13

6.3

2002 Drama 111 min Spielen

6.4

Tea with Mussolini

Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.

PG

6.4

1999 Comedy 117 min Spielen

8.3

Falstaff

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' ...

G

8.3

1993 Music 126 min Spielen

7.4

Sparrow

Catania, Sicilia 1854. 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 finds a difficult situation, in fact her stepmother and her half-sisters prevent Maria to live the normal life of a teenager. In their minds Maria is the promised "bride of God" and a regular life for her is inappropriate. Nino, her handsome neighbor, falls in love for Maria who isn't indifferent to him. But when ...

NR

7.4

1993 Drama 106 min Spielen

4.6

The King of Ads

A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.

NR

4.6

1991 Documentary 91 min Spielen

5.6

Endlose Liebe

Endlose Liebe ist ein US-amerikanisches Filmdrama von Franco Zeffirelli aus dem Jahr 1981. Das Drehbuch schrieb Judith Rascoe anhand des gleichnamigen Romans von Scott Spencer. Die Hauptrollen spielten Brooke Shields und Martin Hewitt.

R

5.6

1981 Drama 116 min Spielen

7

The Champ

The more you love, the harder you fight. The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son TJ sees what the world doesn't. He knows what his flawed but loving father is, was and always will be - The Champ.

NR

7

1979 Drama 121 min Spielen

6.5

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.

NR

6.5

1972 Drama 135 min Spielen

7

The Taming of the Shrew

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

NR

7

1967 Comedy 117 min Spielen