The major-scale adaptation of The Thief of Bagdad produced by Alexander Korda is still to this date one of the best examples in the use of Technicolor as well as being a pioneer in the field of special effects.
The large-scale dramatization of the 1917 October Revolution commissioned by the Soviet Government to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Revolution is a must-watch both from a historical and cinematic standpoint.
Very solid adaptation of the 1948 play written by Terence Rattigan, lead by a terrific performance by Michael Redgrave as Master Andrew Crocker-Harris.
Very sweet and fun adaptation of Harold Brighouse’s play of the same name soberly directed by the master David Lean.
Reality and invention, documentary and fiction, the lines that divide those different concepts get completely blurred in this unorthodox film made by the brothers Taviani, where real-life inmates prepare a theatrical production of William Shakespeare’s classic “Julius Caesar”.
