Sophia Loren stars in the film adaptation of Verdi's theatre performance, Aida. The story centers on Radames, an army leader who falls in love with a slave girl, unaware that she is actually the daughter of the leader he overthrew.
Aida
The 1953 Italian film Aida, starring Sophia Loren, brings Verdi's opera to life on the big screen. The story centers around Radames, an Egyptian warrior who falls in love with Aida, a Nubian princess he believes to be a slave, unaware that she is actually a member of the royal family.