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Roman Holiday

  • 1953
  • Approved
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
152K
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Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953)
Leonard Maltin & Andrea Kalas
Play trailer10:43
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Romantic ComedyComedyDramaRomance

A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

  • Director
    • William Wyler
  • Writers
    • Dalton Trumbo
    • Ian McLellan Hunter
    • John Dighton
  • Stars
    • Gregory Peck
    • Audrey Hepburn
    • Eddie Albert
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    152K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,772
    678
    • Director
      • William Wyler
    • Writers
      • Dalton Trumbo
      • Ian McLellan Hunter
      • John Dighton
    • Stars
      • Gregory Peck
      • Audrey Hepburn
      • Eddie Albert
    • 370User reviews
    • 161Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Oscars
      • 11 wins & 20 nominations total

    Top cast86

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    Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck
    • Joe Bradley
    Audrey Hepburn
    Audrey Hepburn
    • Princess Ann
    Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert
    • Irving Radovich
    Hartley Power
    • Mr. Hennessy
    Harcourt Williams
    Harcourt Williams
    • Ambassador
    Margaret Rawlings
    Margaret Rawlings
    • Countess Vereberg
    Tullio Carminati
    Tullio Carminati
    • General Provno
    Paolo Carlini
    • Mario Delani
    Claudio Ermelli
    Claudio Ermelli
    • Giovanni
    Paola Borboni
    Paola Borboni
    • Charwoman
    Alfredo Rizzo
    • Taxicab Driver
    Laura Solari
    Laura Solari
    • Hennessy's Secretary
    Gorella Gori
    • Shoe Seller
    Armando Ambrogi
    • Man on Phone
    • (uncredited)
    Armando Annuale
    • Admiral Dancing with Princess
    • (uncredited)
    Maurizio Arena
    Maurizio Arena
    • Young Boy with Car
    • (uncredited)
    Silvio Bagolini
    • Undetermined Role
    • (uncredited)
    Nadia Balabine
    • Woman of Importance Watching the Military Parade
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William Wyler
    • Writers
      • Dalton Trumbo
      • Ian McLellan Hunter
      • John Dighton
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews370

    Featured review
    10/10

    Emma Thompson and Audrey Hepburn

    A comment made by Emma Thompson made me want to see "Roman Holiday" again. Miss Thompson said about Audrey Hepburn "she has no bite" Implying that Miss Hepburn wasn't much of an actress. Well, I don't know what she was talking about or perhaps she doesn't either. To see "Roman Holiday" again in 2017 was a moving and wonderful experience. Audrey Hepburn's performance is as fresh and enchanting as I remembered. Perhaps even more. So I arrived to the conclusion that Miss Thompson is talking about a different kind of acting. When a performance travels in time with the same power, decade after decade, for me that's great film acting. In "Roman Holiday" she took me with her and convinced me, heart and mind, that she was that princess and I loved her. William Wyler, the wonderful director, knew what he was doing - he always did. By introducing us to Audrey Hepburn he reinforced and reinvigorated his own prodigious legacy. I love Emma Thompson as an actress but she's totally wrong about Audrey Hepburn.
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    • Apr 5, 2017
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    • Trivia
      When Gregory Peck came to Italy to shoot the movie, he was privately depressed about his recent separation and imminent divorce from his first wife, Greta Kukkonen. However, during the shoot he met and fell in love with a French-born woman named Veronique Passani, of Italian and Russian parents. Following his divorce, he married her, she became Veronique Peck, and they remained together for the rest of his life.
    • Goofs
      After Joe throws his drink on Irving, a visible wet mark appears on Irving's shirt. In the next shot, the wetness appears to have disappeared (this occurs twice during the scene).
    • Quotes

      Princess Ann: I have to leave you now. I'm going to that corner there and turn. You must stay in the car and drive away. Promise not to watch me go beyond the corner. Just drive away and leave me as I leave you.

      Joe Bradley: All right.

      Princess Ann: I don't know how to say goodbye. I can't think of any words.

      Joe Bradley: Don't try.

    • Alternate versions
      The writing credits on the film originally completely omitted the name of Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted at the time, and read: Screenplay by Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton Story by Ian McLellan Hunter In 1991, the WGA acknowledged Dalton Trumbo's authorship of the story, granting him a posthumous "Story By" credit. The "Screenplay By" credit however was not changed. In 2011, Tim Hunter (son of Ian McLellan Hunter) wrote a letter to John Wells, president of the WGA, asking on behalf of Christopher Trumbo (Dalton Trumbo's son), who had just passed, to petition for Trumbo to be recognized as author of the screenplay as well. The WGA further revised the credits, which have been corrected on all copies of the film released since then.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 2, 1953 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • La princesa que quería vivir
    • Filming locations
      • Cafe Rocca, Via della Rotonda 25, Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Mr. Bradley ask Irving the Photoreporter to photograph the Princess at a cafe', today is a fashion store)
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $103,197
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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