Best movies of Franco Zeffirelli

Actors : Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Mel Gibson, Glenn Close,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Cher, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

An orphaned Italian boy is raised among a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during the Second World War.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Jay Rodan,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

The last days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas.

Actors : Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Leonard Whiting,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Jon Voight, Jack Warden, Ricky Schroder,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Billy Flynn, a former boxing champion, is now horse trainer in Hialeah. He makes just enough money to raise his little boy T.J., over whom he got custody after his wife Annie left him seven...

Actors : Martin Hewitt, Brooke Shields, Don Murray, Shirley Knight,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

A high school student's love for a 15-year-old girl is thwarted by parental disapproval, circumstance and accident.

Actors : Kenneth Cranham, Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

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.

Actors : Anna Paquin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt, Nic Knight,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to become a teacher and eventually seeks ...

Actors : Richard Burton, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.

Actors : Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Allan Monk, Teresa Stratas,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

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...

Actors : Plácido Domingo, Petra Malakova, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Díaz,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Based on Shakesphere's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the...

Actors : Johnathon Schaech, Angela Bettis, Eva Alexander, Andreá Cassar,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

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 ...

Actors : C. Thomas Howell, Sophie Ward, John Rhys-Davies, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.