Maria by Callas

  • Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Tom Volf
  • France 2017
  • 113 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

For the first time, 40 years after her death, the most famous opera singer ever tells her own story - in her own words. For three years, director Tom Volf travelled to all four corners of the world to collect unknown footage, unseen photographs, personal Super 8 films, private live recordings, intimate letters and rare behind-the-scenes archival footage.

Colorized and restored, the archives feature images and footage of Callas herself, Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Alain Delon, Yves Saint-Laurent, J.F. Kennedy, Luchino Visconti, Winston Churchill, Grace Kelly and Liz Taylor, among others.

Feature-Length Debut


  • Director Tom Volf
  • Production Thierry Bizot, Emmanuel Chain, Gaël Leiblang, Emmanuelle Lepers, Tom Volf
  • Editing Janice Jones
  • Source Shoval Films, Tel Aviv / United King Films, Ramat Hasharon