Maria By Callas
2017 · Movie · PG · 113 min · ★ 7.3 · 81% critics
Using performances, interviews, home movies, photos, letters, and memoir excerpts, this documentary traces an extraordinary artist’s journey from modest beginnings in New York City to global fame. It offers an intimate portrait of the person behind the public image and the drive that shaped a legendary career.
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Details
- Original title
- Maria by Callas
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-12-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (43 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like intimate, archive-driven portraits of famous artists and the private life behind the spotlight, like The Real Charlie Chaplin; Not for you if you want a fast, investigative tell-all.
Pros: intimate personal materials; inspiring rise to fame; rich archival moments | Cons: limited outside viewpoints; mostly reflective pace; less focus on controversies
Themes
- biography
- behind the scenes
- archive footage
- super 8mm footage
- old footage
- film archives
- personal narrative
Cast & crew
Maria Callas
as Self (archive footage)
Joyce DiDonato
as Self - Narrator / Voice of María Callas (voice)
King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
as Self (archive footage)
Wallis Simpson
as Self (archive footage)
- AO
Aristotle Onassis
as Self (archive footage)
- GM
Giovanni Battista Meneghini
as Self (archive footage)
- RB
Rudolf Bing
as Self (archive footage)
David Frost
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Walters
as Self (archive footage)
- EH
Elvira de Hidalgo
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Tom Volf