A Night at the Opera

Year: 2020

Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Jean Cocteau, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Maria Callas, ...

Duration: 19 min

Digging once again into the deep archives of 20th century audiovisual history, Sergei Loznitsa crafts this elegant, ironic mini-portrait of the galas of Paris's Palais Garnier in the 1950s and 60s. With his typically masterful use of montage, and a minutely reconstructed soundtrack, Loznitsa revisits a socio-political microcosm that features adoring crowds and glimpse...

Genre: Documentary   History   Music