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Director:

Charles Vidor

Writers:

Ferenc Molnár (play)
John Dighton (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

26 April 1956 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama more

Plot:

Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra... more | add synopsis

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NewsDesk:

May Flowers, Princess Grace of Monaco
 (From FilmExperience. 6 May 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

Good melodrama more (18 total)

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 2712:00 AMTCM   


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Grace Kelly ... Princess Alexandra

Alec Guinness ... Prince Albert
Louis Jourdan ... Dr. Nicholas Agi

Agnes Moorehead ... Queen Maria Dominika
Jessie Royce Landis ... Princess Beatrix
Brian Aherne ... Father Carl Hyacinth
Leo G. Carroll ... Caesar
Estelle Winwood ... Symphorosa
Van Dyke Parks ... George
Christopher Cook ... Arsene
Robert Coote ... Capt. Wunderlich
Doris Lloyd ... Countess Sibenstoyn
Edith Barrett ... Elsa - Beatrix's Maid
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Additional Details

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System) | 4-Track Stereo

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | USA:Approved (certificate #17860) | West Germany:6


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

This was the second time in two years that Jessie Royce Landis played Grace Kelly's mother. The first was in To Catch a Thief (1955). These were the only two films in which both actresses appeared together. more

Quotes:

Princess Beatrix: Dear Aunt Symphorosa - always looking for wallflowers. more

Movie Connections:

Version of The Swan (1925) more


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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Good melodrama, 4 November 2002
7/10
Author: funkyfry from Oakland CA

Excellent romantic interlude film, with shining performances of a wonderful, witty, and intelligent story and script. Sad and funny.

Guinness is perfection as the gentlemanly "fish" prince, and Jourdan and Kelly convince as lovers separated by circumstances of birth. Realistic, somwhat perplexing conclusion with a lovely soliloquy delivered with style by Guinness. A delight!

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