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The Tales of Hoffmann
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
, 2h8
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Moira Shearer, Ludmila Tcherina, Robert Helpmann, Pamela Brown, Ann Ayars, Mogens Wieth

In the prologue, Hoffmann is in the audience at a performance by Stella, a prima ballerina. Stella sends Hoffmann a note asking him to meet her after the performance, but the note is intercepted by his rival, Councillor Lindorf. Not having received her note, Hoffmann goes to the tavern in the interval, where he tells the story of a clown, Kleinzach and three stories of his past loves — Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia, and gets drunk.
La Bohème
La Bohème (1988)
, 1h46
Directed by Luigi Comencini, Frédéric Auburtin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Mario Maranzana, Massimo Girotti, Ciccio Ingrassia

A Paris, dans le Quartier latin, au début du XXe siècle. Trois amis, Rodolphe le poète, Marcel le peintre et Colline le philosophe, vivent ensemble misérablement dans une chambre de bonne. Mimi, une jeune voisine, se joint à eux. Rodolphe tombe amoureux d'elle. Bientôt, la jeune fille, malade, se plaint de la jalousie de Rodolphe. Celui-ci avoue à ses amis qu'il veut quitter Mimi car il ne peut la soigner. Ils se séparent mais Mimi revient bientôt mourir dans leur petite chambre. C'est l'adaptation de l'opéra La Bohème de Giacomo Puccini, lui-même adapté d'un roman d'Henri Murger.
The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
, 1h52
Directed by Wilford Leach
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Swashbuckler, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Pirate films, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Tony Azito, Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith

Frederic (Rex Smith) was sent in the care of his nursemaid, Ruth (Angela Lansbury), to be apprenticed to a pilot. But she misunderstood her instructions, being hard of hearing, and apprenticed him instead to a pirate (Kevin Kline). Now he is turning 21 years old, and his service is finished, so he decides to leave the Pirates of Penzance. Ruth wants him to take her with him, but he soon meets some young maidens, the daughters of Major-General Stanley (George Rose), and realizes that Ruth is "plain and old". Frederic quickly falls in love with one of them, Mabel (Linda Ronstadt). He has a strong "sense of duty" and has vowed to lead a blameless life and to exterminate the pirates. Soon, however, the pirates return and seize the girls. Their father then arrives and lies to the pirates, telling them that he is an orphan. He knows that they are orphans themselves and never attack an orphan.
The Devil's Brother
The Devil's Brother (1933)
, 1h30
Directed by Charley Rogers, Hal Roach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd, James Finlayson, Henry Armetta, James C. Morton

In the early 18th century, the bandit Fra Diavolo returns to his camp in Northern Italy to tell his gang members about his encounter with Lord Rocburg and Lady Pamela. Disguised as the Marquis de San Marco, he rides with them in their carriage and charms Lady Pamela into telling him where she hides her jewels. He orders his thieves to ride to Rocburg's castle and steal his belongings and Pamela's jewels. Meanwhile, Stanlio and Ollio have also been robbed, whereupon Stanlio suggests to Ollio that they should become robbers themselves. After an unsuccessful attempt to rob a woodchopper, the duo encounters Fra Diavolo, who orders Stanlio to hang Ollio for impersonating him. Diavolo is then informed that his men have stolen Lady Pamela's jewels but have not brought the 500,000 francs hidden by Rocburg.
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess (1959)
, 2h18
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully. While high on cocaine supplied by Sportin' Life, Crown kills Robbins after the latter vanquishes him in a craps game; Bess urges Crown to flee. Sportin' Life suggests she accompany him to New York City, an offer Bess declines. She seeks refuge with her neighbors, all of whom refuse to help her. Porgy finally agrees to let her stay with him.
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly (1995)
, 2h15
Directed by Frédéric Mitterrand, Michel Debats
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Kamel Touati, Yoshi Oida

Le film respecte à la lettre le scénario de l'opéra Madame Butterfly de Puccini. Comme dans l'œuvre lyrique l'action se passa au Japon au début du XX siècle.
The Girl from Nagasaki
The Girl from Nagasaki (2013)
, 1h47
Origin German
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Christopher Lee, Edoardo Ponti, Sasha Alexander, Michael Wincott, Michael Nyqvist, Robert Evans

The film is a reworking of Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, in which the tragic heroine is obsessed with an American pilot.
The Snow Maiden
The Snow Maiden (1952)
, 1h5
Directed by Pavel Kadotchnikov, Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas, Children's films
Actors Pavel Kadotchnikov

Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden), the daughter of beauty the Spring and Ded Moroz, yearns for the companionship of mortal humans. She grows to like the Slavic god-shepherd named Lel, but her heart is unable to know love. Her mother takes pity and gives her this ability, but as soon as she falls in love, her heart warms up and she melts.
Dry Season
Dry Season (2006)
, 1h35
Directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Youssouf Djaoro

Set in the wake of the long Chadian civil war, 16-year-old Atim (Ali Bacha Barkai) is sent by his grandfather to the city to kill Nassara (Youssouf Djaoro), the man who murdered his father before Atim's birth. Atim, carrying his father's gun, finds Nassara running a bakery. Unexpectedly, the taciturn Nassara takes Atim under his wing as the son he never had and begins teaching him how to run the bakery. The emotionally conflicted Atim is drawn into the life of Nassara and his pregnant wife (Aziza Hisseine), before a finale that Variety described as "sharp, fast and unexpected."
Otello
Otello (1986)
, 1h58
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films based on operas
Actors Justino Díaz, Antonio Pierfederici, Urbano Barberini, Remo Remotti

With only a few exceptions, the film follows the same plot as the opera. Iago plots and brings about Otello's downfall by convincing him that his wife Desdemona is engaged in an affair with the young lieutenant Cassio, provoking Otello to murder her in a blind rage. However, in a major change from the opera, Otello kills Iago at the end by throwing a spear at him, while in the stage version he only wounds him with his sword.