The Golden Coach (1952)

Three men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.

Director:

Jean Renoir

Writers:

Jean Renoir (story and screenplay), Jack Kirkland (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Anna Magnani	...	Camilla
Odoardo Spadaro	...	Don Antonio
Nada Fiorelli	...	Isabella
Dante	...	Arlequin
Duncan Lamont	...	Ferdinand, Le Viceroy
George Higgins	...	Martinez
Ralph Truman	...	Duc de Castro
Gisella Mathews	...	Marquise Irene Altamirano
Raf De La Torre	...	Le Procureur
Elena Altieri	...	Duchesse de Castro
Paul Campbell	...	Felipe
Riccardo Rioli	...	Ramon, le Toreador
William Tubbs	...	Aubergiste (as William C. Tubbs)
Jean Debucourt	...	Eveque de Carmol (de Comédie-Française)

Storyline

In Peru in the eighteenth century. Camilla, the star of a theater company, hesitates between three men. The Viceroy gives her his magnificent golden coach. A young Spanish officer suggests the two of them settle down together among Indians. Ramon, a torero, offers her a share of his glory.

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Plot Keywords:

viceroy | indians | theater | sword fight | soldier | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | History | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 January 1954 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Golden Coach

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Delphinus, Hoche Productions, Panaria Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

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Quotes

Camilla: Felipe! Felipe, they like me! These people.
Felipe: Wait until you know them.
Camilla: I don't want to know them. I want to feel they're there. Like tonight. It was wonderful. Wonderful!

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Connections

Referenced in Sunny Side Up (1994)

User Reviews

I liked it surprisingly a lot.

I was afraid that this movie would turn out to be a case of style over substance because of the movie its visual splendor. But I should had known better really, since this movie had Jean Renoir at the helm, a man who really knew how to always tell a story, in the combination with some impressing visuals.

I liked the movie definitely better than expected and I enjoyed it from basically start till finish. It's being a bit of an odd movie, since its a comedy but set in this very serious upper-class world. The movie becomes often an absurd one but not in the way that it's ever ridicules. It's a delightful movie, that has great characters, some nice universal and timeless themes and some great dialog that really all make the movie, fore there is not much else within this movie really. It's definitely not really a movie for 'todays' audience, so to speak.

The movie got shot in color, from which it definitely benefits. It's visuals are still what impresses the most about this movie, no matter how great everything else in it is. It has some great sets and costumes in it, that help to give the movie a certain atmosphere, consistent with the time period it got set in. It doesn't ever feel though as if the movie got set in a small town of Central America, that is a Spanish colony. The movie for all that matter could had just as well been set in France or England for instance but than of course we wouldn't had had a bull fighter as one of the movie its main characters.

It's a movie that as well handles some social themes are all of all times it seems. The corruption of money, power and love all come by here. It keeps the movie going and intriguing to watch throughout, mainly because it's also all being so well written and timed within the movie. The movie got also written by Jean Renoir himself, who often always wrote his own movies, though this movie got based on a play by Prosper Mérimée, who also wrote the novel "Carmen".

A movie that I simply enjoyed watching from start till finish!

9/10

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