Tosca (2001)

Summary: Benoit Jacquot reinvents the way we view opera in this magnificent production of Puccini's story of Tosca's love for the painter Cavaradossi and the intervention of Scarpia.

Release Date: November 14, 2001

Genres: Drama, Musical

Director: Benoît Jacquot

Writers: Luigi Illica

, Giuseppe Giacosa

, Victorien Sardou

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Euripide Productions, Integral Film, Veradia Film, Seven Stars System, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), ARTE, Tele+, Canal+, Sofica France Télévision Images, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)

Distributor: Kultur Video

Countries: Italy, France, United Kingdom, Germany

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 53,000,000

Domestic: $ 69,613

International: $ 1,055,445

Madame Butterfly (1995)

Summary: The story of a young geisha who falls madly in love with an american captain that travels all around the world collecting hearts.

Release Date: November 22, 1995

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Frédéric Mitterrand

Writers: Giuseppe Giacosa

, Luigi Illica

, Frédéric Mitterrand

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

Production: Erato Films, Idéale Audience, Imalyre, VTCOM France Telecom, France 3 Cinéma, Sony Classical, Canal+, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C), Fondation d'entreprise, France Télécom, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), European Script Fund, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Distributor: Idéale Audience, Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Countries: France, United Kingdom, Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 65,196

Tosca (1941)

Summary: Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is fighting for freedom.

Release Date: January 31, 1941

Genres: Drama, Musical

Directors: Carl Koch