Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar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.
Maria Callas
as Self (archive footage)
Joyce DiDonato
as Self - Narrator / Voice of María Callas (voice)
King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
as Self (archive footage)
Wallis Simpson
as Self (archive footage)
Aristotle Onassis
as Self (archive footage)
Giovanni Battista Meneghini
as Self (archive footage)
Rudolf Bing
as Self (archive footage)
David Frost
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Walters
as Self (archive footage)
Elvira de Hidalgo
as Self (archive footage)
Edward R. Murrow
as Self (archive footage)
