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6.5/10   180 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Peter Ustinov (writer)
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Release Date:
8 June 1961 (USA) more
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Plot:
Yes it's the Romeo & Juliet story updated to during the cold war and moved to a mittel european country ruled by writer/director/star Peter Ustinov... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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User Comments:
Lovely, low-key movie more (6 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Peter Ustinov ... The General
Sandra Dee ... Juliet Moulsworth
John Gavin ... Igor Romanoff
Akim Tamiroff ... Vadim Romanoff
Alix Talton ... Beulah
Rik Van Nutter ... Freddie (as Rik Von Nutter)
John Phillips ... Hooper Moulsworth
Peter Jones ... Otto
Tamara Shayne ... Evdokia Romanoff
Suzanne Cloutier ... Marfa Zlotochienka
Edward Atienza ... Patriarch
John Alderson ... Randle Wix
Thomas Chalmers ... Chief Executive
Carl Don ... The spy
Tonio Selwart ... U.N. President (as Tony Selwart)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dig That Juliet
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The scene where the wife of the Russian Ambassador looked and wished to have that "silly capitalist" hat was taken from Ninotchka (1939) where Greta Garbo (Ninotchka) did the same. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "What's My Line?: (1961-04-23)" (1961) more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Lovely, low-key movie, 21 February 2005
8/10
Author: LinaStrick from United States

Very fond memories of Peter Ustinov getting more and more soused as he's bustling between embassies trying to figure out what the US and USSR are trying to do to his country! He is delightful and the movie's message is sweet. Most memorable, though, is the soundtrack with one haunting tune that I can hear as clearly now as decades ago when I last saw this film. How I wish it were on DVD!

Not nearly as biting as "The Mouse that Roared," though the era and theme are quite similar. "Romeo and Juliet" cried out to be used as a Cold War motif, and this does a very nice job of it, with a much more satisfying ending (if I may say so).

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