Princess Olympia (Sophia Loren), despite her life status cannot resist the urge to satisfy her sexual appetites. Exiled to the countryside, Olympia falls in love with American millionaire Charlie Foster (John Gavin).
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Title: A Breath of Scandal (1960)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Sophia Loren | ... | Princess Olympia | |
| Maurice Chevalier | ... | Prince Philip | |
| John Gavin | ... | Charlie Foster | |
| Angela Lansbury | ... | Countess Lina | |
| Isabel Jeans | ... | Princess Eugénie | |
| Tullio Carminati | ... | Albert | |
| Milly Vitale | ... | Can-Can girl | |
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Carlo Hintermann | ... | Prince Ruprecht |
| Roberto Risso | ... | Aide de camp | |
| Friedrich von Ledebur | ... | Count Sandor | |
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Adrienne Gessner | ... | Amelia |
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Luigi Cimara | ||
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Waveney Lee | ... | Countess Theresa |
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Walter Varndal | ||
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Princess Olympia (Sophia Loren), despite her life status cannot resist the urge to satisfy her sexual appetites. Exiled to the countryside, Olympia falls in love with American millionaire Charlie Foster (John Gavin).
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It's scandalous! It's shocking! But oo-la-la, it's lovely! See more »Parents Guide:
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Written by Sepp Fellner, Karl Schneider and Patrick Michael
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This was the first film directed by Michael Curtiz outside a Hollywood studio since 1926 and was somewhat overwhelmed by Vienna. Sophia Loren found his heavy Hungarian accent and mangled English hard to understand, such as the instruction "Please stand a little closer apart". See more »Goofs
Vehicles are seen driving on the right. The Austrians drove on the left until about 1933, well after the period of this story. See more »Soundtracks
A Smile in ViennaWritten by Sepp Fellner, Karl Schneider and Patrick Michael
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This bantam weight of a comedy really has not much going for it. It is so light you could knock it down with a feather. I was so bored I decided to do some crossword puzzles while listening to the dialog and missed absolutely. Princess/Royalty Sophia is expelled from the court. She wants to marry a well to do royal but an indiscretion with an American visitor, the always bland for extremely good looking John Gavin - well, he's not really bland: He just speaks in a monotone way and doesn't vary his technique much - threatens to derail the impending nuptials. Poor second-billed Maurice Chevalier in a role he would play many time again as the cantankerous old matchmaker after perfecting it in Gigi dawdles through the movie singing sweet melodies that move absolutely no one. Wide Screen cinematography and Technicolor is exquisite and the costumes worn by Sophia define her figure to goddess like status. But when in a romantic comedy you are rapturing over the sets and costumes you know something is wrong. P.S. Poor Michael Curtiz!