Movies and TvShows featuring "stage-director" theme.

Venus in Fur is a drama film based on the play by David Ives. The story revolves around a playwright-director who is searching for an actress to play the lead role in his adaptation of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's novel Venus in Furs. As he auditions actresses, he becomes intrigued by a mysterious and seductive woman who seems to embody the character perfectly. The audition quickly turns into a power game of seduction and dominance, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.

In 'The Country Girl,' an alcoholic stage actor named Frank Elgin struggles to overcome his addiction and personal demons as he tries to revive his fading career. With the help of his supportive wife, Georgie, Frank must confront his lack of self-confidence, stage fright, and traumatic memories. The film explores themes of depression, grief, guilt, and the power of redemption.

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit follows the story of a 10-year-old Jewish girl named Anna and her family as they flee Germany in 1933 due to the rise of the Nazi regime. The film highlights their struggles and experiences as refugees in various locations, including Zurich, Switzerland, and Paris, France. Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name, it explores themes of anti-Semitism, family relationships, and resilience.

In 'The Deadly Affair,' a retired police officer is hired by the British Secret Service to investigate the death of his friend and former colleague, a British agent. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of secrets and betrayal, leading him to question his own loyalties.

A struggling actor in Manhattan gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when he is offered the lead role in a Christmas play. As he prepares for the opening night, he finds himself caught in a romantic triangle with his co-star and an aspiring actress. The play becomes a turning point in his life as he rediscovers his passion for acting and finds love in the process.

In 'Gold Diggers of 1935,' a hotel desk clerk aspires to become a doctor but gets caught up in an arranged marriage, romantic rivalry, and a scandal involving payola. With a spendthrift, a snuff box, and a speedboat involved, the plot twists and turns as scheming and rich snobs create chaos. Singing, shopping sprees, and stage shows add to the excitement.

Renan Thomas, stage director and actor is stabbed when he is playing in The Legend of Knights, a medieval spectacle in Provins.Karin Demarle and her son are witnesses of this intent of murder committed by a disguised person. By chance the help comes soon and the life of Renan is safe. Patrick Robin and his ex-wife Karine Demarle will be in charge of this case of criminal investigation.

Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime.

Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.

A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.

An angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate their child that has been waiting to be born.

About a girl growing up in a big city in the seventies. She cultivates her artistic ambitions. After a series of relationships, she gets a small part in a play and becomes pregnant.

Arbab Jamshid St. is a congregation place for the extras of Persian Film where they wait for a famous person called Ciccio to take them to the movie location. There is a newcomer in this group; a young man called Davoud who has moved to Tehran from a small town with the hope of becoming an actor.

A famous actress learns the hard way that the devotion of a young admirer is not what it seems.

A tragic-comic tale with surrealistic tendencies about a lost 23-year-old who is haunted by her disappointed 13-year-old self.

Sebastián is accepted into an important dance company so he decides to leave his family. When Arsenio joins the company, they begin a torrid romance.

He is the most performed contemporary composer in the world. And yet he rarely ventures out in public, prefers to keep quiet about his music, feels at home in the forests of Estonia and generates therewith - perhaps involuntarily - the impression of a recluse, which is attributed to him again and again: Arvo Part. In The Lost Paradise, we follow him over a period of one year in his native Estonia, to Japan and the Vatican. The documentary is framed by the stage production of Adam's Passion, a music theater piece based on the Biblical story of the fall of Adam featuring three key works by Arvo Part. The world-renowned director Robert Wilson has brought this work to the stage in a former submarine factory in Tallinn. Tracing their creative process, the film offers rare and personal insights into the worlds of two of the most fascinating personalities in the international arts and music scene.

A stage director's life becomes entangled with the narcissistic playwright, the bisexual leading lady, and a mysterious younger actress, blurring the boundaries between reality and the stage.