Martine Carol

Seven stages of love and aspects of emotion in a woman's life are individually explored by France's preeminent directors in this episodic film.

The winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this classic film version of Jules Verne's beloved novel boasts an amazing all-star cast which includes Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winners Shirley MacLaine ("Rumor Has It," "In Her Shoes") and John Gielgud ("Elizabeth," "Quest for Camelot"), Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner and Emmy-nominee David Niven ("Curse of the Pink Panther," "Trail of the Pink Panther") and Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominee Marlene Dietrich ("Morocco," "Witness for the Prosecution"). Movie buffs will delight at the more than forty cameo appearances found throughout this globetrotting adventure, including Noel Coward, Trevor Howard, Peter Lorre and Frank Sinatra. One of the top-grossing films upon release, and great family entertainment! Selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time.

Phileas Fogg places a 20,000-pound wager with several fellow members of London Reform Club, insisting that he can go around the world in eighty days. Fogg sets out on his world-girdling journey from Paris via balloon.

1498. Rome, the powerhouse of the Renaissance, is governed by the tyrannical Cesare Borgia, a man who has no scruples when it comes to furthering his political ambitions. To secure an alliance with Naples, he has arranged that his sister Lucrezia shall marry Alphonse, the Duke of Aragon. On the eve of her wedding, Lucrezia secretly joins a street carnival, where she meets and falls instantly in love with a stranger - who later turns out to be her intended husband. It is not long before Alphonse realises the extent of Cesare's cruelty and thirst for power. Lucrezia reveals how her brother has used her in the past for his political ends. When the Duke of Aragon is of no further use to Cesare, he will surely meet the same fate as his predecessors...