Acting
María Casares
Born November 22, 1922 · La Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Died November 22, 1996 · aged 74
María Casares was a Spanish actress and one of the most distinguished stars of the French stage. She was usually credited in France as Maria Casarès.
Known For
Orpheus · 1950Orpheus
★ 7.71950
MovieRomanceFantasy
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
Children of Paradise · 1945Children of Paradise
★ 8.01945
MovieDramaRomance
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
Flavia the Heretic · 1974Flavia the Heretic
★ 5.91974
MovieDramaHorror
Puglia, southern Italy, around 1400. A convent is invaded by the Tarantula cult, whose fanatical and crazed members desecrate the sacred place by committing obscene and bloody acts.
The Charterhouse of Parma · 1948The Charterhouse of Parma
★ 6.41948
MovieDramaRomance
This adaptation of Stendhal's timeless masterpiece of French literature tells the tale of Fabrice Del Dongo (Grard Philipe) a young archibishop who gives his heart and soul to romance rather than to the Church creating upheaval in the lives of evergone around him the Countess of Sanseverine (Maria Casares) is but one of the may women who love him. In turn she incurs jealous retributions from those in high places who desire her. For his crimes Fabrice is thrown in Prison where from Crimes Fabrice is thrown in prison where form his lonely window he falls in love with his jailer s daughter and plans a daring escape she however calls his plan insane and takes a vow to the Virgin Mary to never see him again ever if his escape succeeds the Charterhouse of Parma explodes with conflicting desires man s desire form God vs. his desire for romance.
Testament of Orpheus · 1960Testament of Orpheus
★ 7.61960
MovieFantasy
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne · 1945Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
★ 6.91945
MovieDramaRomance
A love story that follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute.
La Lectrice · 1988La Lectrice
★ 6.51988
MovieComedyDrama
A young woman passionate about reading immerses herself in the adventures of a fictional character who makes reading her profession. As she explores different neighborhoods and wintertime Provence, her imagination blends with reality, revealing the mysteries behind each word.
Guernica · 1951Guernica
★ 6.11951
MovieDocumentaryWar
Alain Resnais & Robert Hessen use the famous Picasso mural "Guernica" in combination with newspaper headlines in an anti-war cry against the Spanish Civil War. Narration by Jacques Pruvost highlights the Guernica atrocity of April 1937, followed by a poem by Paul Eluard read by María Casares to a discordant score by Guy Bernard.
Filmography
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Macbeth · 1959Macbeth
★ 10.01959
Movie
Lady Macbeth
Within/Without · 1994Within/Without
1994
MovieAnimation
A man, a house and an identity explored through the negative space of manipulated photographs. An animate! commission for Channel 4 and the Arts Council of England.
Narrator (French Version)
Les Nuits révolutionnaires · 1989Les Nuits révolutionnaires
1989
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
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