Dangerous Beauty
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.
Cousin Bette
In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe to orchestrate revenge on her handsome and wealthy relatives.
Flowers of Shanghai
At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses” are reserved for the male elite of the city. Since Chinese dignitaries are not allowed to frequent brothels, these establishments are the only ones that these men can visit. They form a self-contained world, with its own rites, traditions and even its own language. The men don’t only visit the houses to frequent the courtesans but also to dine, smoke opium, play mahjong and relax. The women working there are known as the “flowers of Shanghai”.
The Life of Oharu
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
Sansho the Bailiff
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
Gigi
A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.
Swann in Love
In 19th-century Paris, Charles Swann risks his social standing in his obsessive pursuit of prostitute Odette. His overwhelming desire for her comes, in part, from Odette's complete disinterest in him. When he finally weds her, utterly compromising himself in high society, he finds to his horror that his love for her was a complete illusion. At the same time, the Baron de Charlus pursues his own ill-advised romance.
The Egyptian
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
Devdas
In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.
Lola Montès
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
That Hamilton Woman
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
La Traviata
Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He confesses his feelings to Violetta, who is already suffering from consumption. She vacillates between genuine affection and a realistic assessment of her situation as a "fallen woman", which precludes any lasting relationship with a man. The Willy Decker production of La Traviata, recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele in August, 2005. Anna Netrebko stars as Violetta Valéry, with Rolando Villazón as Alfredo Germont and Thomas Hampson as Giorgio Germont. Carlo Rizzi conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker.
Maria Montessori
Set in 1900, Lili d’Alengy, a Parisian cocotte at the height of her fame, flees Paris to hide her “idiot” daughter. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.
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Marshall Herskovitz
Director
Oliver Platt
as
Maffio Venier
Rufus Sewell
as
Marco Venier
Jacqueline Bisset
as
Paola Franco
Catherine McCormack
as
Veronica Franco
Jessica Lange
as
Bette
Hugh Laurie
as
Hector
Elisabeth Shue
as
Jenny Cadine
John Sessions
as
Musical Director
Michelle Reis
as
Emerald
Vicky Wei
as
Jasmin
Carina Lau
as
Pearl
Tony Chiu Wai Leung
as
Wang Lingsheng
Eijirô Yanagi
as
Forger
Toshirô Mifune
as
Katsunosuke
Hisako Yamane
as
Lady Matsudaira
Masao Mishima
as
Taisaburo Hishiya
Masahiko Tsugawa
as
Young Zushio
Dorothy Neumann
as
Designer
Maurice Chevalier
as
Honoré Lachaille
John Abbott
as
Manuel
Jacques Bergerac
as
Sandomir
Alain Delon
as
Baron de Charlus
Jeremy Irons
as
Charles Swann
Marie-Christine Barrault
as
Madame Verdurin
Ornella Muti
as
Odette de Crecy
Michael Curtiz
Director
Michael Ansara
as
Hittite Commander
Leo Gordon
as
Minor Role
John Roy
as
Servant
Ron Nyman
as
Soldier
Shah Rukh Khan
as
Devdas Mukherji
Milind Gunaji
as
Kalibabu
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
as
Parvati 'Paro'
Peter Ustinov
as
Circus Master
Martine Carol
as
Lola Montes
Heather Angel
as
A Streetgirl
Gladys Cooper
as
Lady Frances Nelson
Laurence Olivier
as
Lord Horatio Nelson
Alan Mowbray
as
Sir William Hamilton
Anna Netrebko
as
Violetta Valéry
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