The Moon and the Stars

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The Moon and the Stars
Directed by John Irvin
Written by Peter Barnes
Fabio Carpi
Produced byRoberto Bessi
Starring Alfred Molina
Jonathan Pryce
Catherine McCormack
Rupert Friend
Cinematography Elemér Ragályi
Edited byToby Yates
Music byAdriano Maria Vitali
Production
companies
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Lightyear Entertainment
Release date
10 May 2007
Countries Hungary
Italy
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Moon and the Stars is a 2007 romantic drama film starring Jonathan Pryce, Alfred Molina, Catherine McCormack and directed by John Irvin. [1] [2]

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Plot

A wealthy Jewish homosexual film producer (Molina) is making a film based on Puccini's opera Tosca and a famous German diva (McCormack) is cast opposite a difficult English actor (Pryce). As filming gets under way on a sound stage in Rome, World War II in 1939 escalates around them threatening the film's completion.

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