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Films with theme "Films based on operas", sorted by rating

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Nobody's Children
Nobody's Children (1951)
, 1h29
Origin France
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Gino Buzzanca, Yvonne Sanson, Françoise Rosay, Folco Lulli, Alberto Farnese, Teresa Franchini

En Italie, l'aristocratique et richissime famille Canali est propriétaire d'une carrière de marbre. C'est le séduisant fils Guido qui s'occupe de son exploitation. Guido et Luisa, fille de l'un de ses employés, tombent réciproquement amoureux et font des projets de mariage. La tyrannique comtesse Canali n'entend pas que son fils puisse compromettre la famille avec une roturière. Sans aucun état d'âme, elle va user de tous les stratagèmes pour mettre fin à leur liaison. Quand elle apprend que Luisa est enceinte, elle dissimule l'évènement à Guido en expédiant illico celui-ci en Angleterre où elle a arrangé à son insu son mariage avec une noble héritière. Elle intercepte ensuite toutes les lettres que Guido envoie à Luisa qui vient à penser que son amant l'a abandonnée tandis que Guido la croit morte. Luisa donne naissance à un garçon et l'existence de ce bâtard insupporte tellement la comtesse qu'elle organise son enlèvement puis simule sa disparition dans un incendie. Luisa, désespérée, entre au couvent et prend le voile sous le nom de sœur Addolorata.
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute (2006)
, 2h13
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Derrick O'Connor, Liz Smith, Brendan Patricks, Jimmy Yuill, Christopher Fosh

La Reine de la nuit demande au prince Tamino de retrouver sa fille Pamina, qui a été enlevée par un prêtre nommé Sarastro. Le prince part avec Papageno, un oiseleur. Lorsqu'ils retrouvent la princesse, ils découvrent que la situation n'est pas aussi tranchée que le disait la reine. Sarastro accepte l'union de Tamino et Pamina à condition qu'ils réussissent chacun leur parcours initiatique.
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
, 2h
Directed by Mark Dornford-May
Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas

The film begins when Nomakhaya arrives at a Cape Town police station, looking for police sergeant Jongikhaya. He is out on patrol, so she decides to return later to avoid being harassed by the other officers. Meanwhile, Carmen and Amanda are going to work at the cigarette factory. They pass in front of Jongikhaya's police vehicle and Carmen yells at him for parking there. Nomakhaya eventually finds Jongikhaya and gives him a ring that his dying mother sent him: she urges him to return to his village to see his mother before she dies. A flashback reveals that Jongikhaya has been disowned by his mother after he drowned his brother during an argument. Later, the bored police officers decide to go to the cigarette factory to see the girls. Carmen is piqued when Jongikhaya reads his Bible and ignores her. She flirts with him and throws a rose into his car.
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks (1999)
, 1h36
Directed by Randall Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Ice hockey films, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Will Friedle, Matthew Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Shawn Pyfrom, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Kim Greist

Satan, in the form of Ms. Beelzebub (Rhea Perlman), sends apprentice demon Griffelkin (Friedle) to Earth's surface to steal the soul of a hotshot young hockey player named Dave (Lawrence), who aspires to be the youngest man to ever win the Stanley Cup.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea (1923)
, 54minutes
Directed by Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan, Priscilla Moran

When young Chinese woman Lotus Flower sees an unconscious man floating in the water at the seashore, she quickly gets help for him. The man is Allen Carver, an American. Soon the two have fallen in love, and they get married "Chinese fashion". Carver promises to take her with him when he returns home. Lotus Flower's friends warn her that he will leave without her, and one states she has been forgotten by four American husbands, but she does not believe them. However, Carver's friends discourage him from fulfilling his promise, and he returns to the United States alone.
Il trovatore
Il trovatore (1949)
, 1h51
Directed by Carmine Gallone
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Cesare Polacco

Pour venger sa mère brûlée vive par le Comte Di Luna, une gitane kidnappe l'un des deux enfants du comte avec l'intention de le tuer dans les flammes .
Rosita
Rosita (1923)
, 1h30
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Mary Pickford, Holbrook Blinn, Irene Rich, George Walsh, Charles Belcher, Frank Leigh

The film takes place in Seville, in a period where the city has sunk into the depths of depravity and sin. Shocked by the depths his people have sunk to, the king of Spain (Holbrook Blinn) decides to give the town a visit when a carnaval is organized in order to redeem it. One of its inhabitants is Rosita (Mary Pickford), a beloved street singer praised by the townspeople for her entertainment.
Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy
Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy (1954)
, 1h12
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about families, Musical films, Films based on operas, Children's films
Actors Mildred Dunnock

Deux enfants perdus et affamés découvrent avec émerveillement une maison en pain d'épices au milieu de la forêt. Mais la sorcière n'est pas loin.
Before Him All Rome Trembled
Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
, 1h38
Directed by Carmine Gallone
Genres Drama, War, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Films based on operas
Actors Anna Magnani, Hans Hinrich, Guido Notari, Carlo Duse, Ave Ninchi, Tino Scotti

A cause de la jalousie d'une femme, la Gestapo decouvre qu'un tenor de l'opera de Rome cache un soldat anglais.