A Night at the Opera
A documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.
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Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Grace Kelly, Jean Cocteau, Maria Callas
Country: France
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