List of the best Franco Zeffirelli movies: Brother Sun, Sister Moon(1973), The Taming of the Shrew(1967), La Traviata(1982), Tea With Mussolini(1999), Endless Love(1981), La Bohème(1965), The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films(2014) ... ...
Biography
UK|Italy
1973
121 Minutes
Director
Graham Faulkner Judi Bowker Alec Guinness Leigh Lawson Kenneth Cranham Valentina Cortesa Michael Feast John Sharp
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.
Comedy
Italy|USA
1967
126 Minutes
Director
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Cyril Cusack Michael Hordern Alfred Lynch Alan Webb Victor Spinetti Roy Holder Mark Dignam Bice Valori Natasha Pyne
wanderer beautiful woman sister suitor tutor father witty charming padua, italy mansion battle of sexes love-hate relationship opposites attract marrying for money love rivalry quest 16th century
Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.
Musical
Netherlands|Italy
1982
105 Minutes
Director
Teresa Stratas Placido Domingo Cornell MacNeil
gentleman courtesan maid father rival friend passionate powerful sad rousing paris salon country house bedroom doomed romance social customs reputation dueling misunderstanding love
Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Italy|UK
1999
116 Minutes
Director
Cher Judi Dench Joan Plowright Maggie Smith Lily Tomlin Baird Wallace Charlie Lucas Massimo Ghini Paolo Seganti Paul Checquer Tessa Pritchard
expatriate artist businessman archaeologist young boy widow charming emotional moving florence, italy austria italy tuscany, italy fascist italy expatriates adolescence motherhood world war ii female bonding sacrifice
An orphaned Italian boy is raised amongst a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during World War II.
Romance, Drama
USA
1981
115 Minutes
Director
Brooke Shields Martin Hewitt Don Murray Shirley Knight Richard Kiley Beatrice Straight James Spader Ian Ziering Robert Moore Penelope Milford Jan Miner
A high-school student's love for a 15-year-old girl is thwarted by parental disapproval, circumstance, and accident; he burns down her family's house and is committed to a psychiatric hospital.
Musical, Drama
1965
107 Minutes
Director
Gianni Raimondi Mirella Freni Rolando Panerai Gianni Maffeo Ivo Vinco Adriana Martino
A struggling Parisian poet has a tragic love affair with an equally destitute seamstress in a production of Giacomo Puccini's classic opera at La Scala.
Documentary
Israel
2014
90 Minutes
Menahem Golan Yoram Globus Eli Roth Jon Voight Jean-Claude Van Damme Yehoram Gaon Michael Dudikoff Billy Drago Andrei Konchalovsky Franco Zeffirelli Boaz Davidson
THE GO-GO BOYS: The Inside Story of Cannon Films is a documentary about two Israeli-born cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who in pursuit of the American Dream turned the Hollywood ... See full summary »