Review by jhd

This is a filmed on location adaptation of Verdi's famous opera. The writer took some liberties with the original plot, particularly the ending and the addition of several new scenes of cavorting topless slave girls. Aida also spends most of the film topless.

The lyrics are in Italian, of course, with English subtitles. The actors appear to be (badly) lip-synching rather than singing. This makes it sometimes difficult to ascertain exactly which character is singing a part (especially when the camera is focusing on something other than the actor).

Even the colour seemed washed out, though that may have just been the print I saw.

This is one of the most disappointing screen adaptations of Aida that I have ever seen!