Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time.
Direction
Volf lets Callas narrate her own funeral.
Editing
Letters read over home movies — devastatingly effective.
Director
Tom Volf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Volf spent five years restoring Callas's personal Super 8 films, some unseen for 40 years.
Callas's weight loss transformed her image but rumors persist it destroyed her voice — the film quietly implies both are true.
US
