

A documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.

Brigitte Bardot
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)

Maria Callas
Self (archive footage)

Grace Kelly
Self (archive footage)

Marcel Achard
Self (archive footage)
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sergei Loznitsa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. A Night at the Opera is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”