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A Breath of Scandal

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Sophia Loren, John Gavin, and Maurice Chevalier in A Breath of Scandal (1960)
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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 Ch... Read allPrincess 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).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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    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writers
    • Walter Bernstein(adaptation)
    • Sidney Howard(English translation of "Olympia")
    • Ring Lardner Jr.(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Sophia Loren
    • Maurice Chevalier
    • John Gavin
    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writers
    • Walter Bernstein(adaptation)
    • Sidney Howard(English translation of "Olympia")
    • Ring Lardner Jr.(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Sophia Loren
    • Maurice Chevalier
    • John Gavin
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    • 19User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Sophia Loren
    Sophia Loren
    • Princess Olympia
    Maurice Chevalier
    Maurice Chevalier
    • Prince Philip
    John Gavin
    John Gavin
    • Charlie Foster
    Angela Lansbury
    Angela Lansbury
    • Countess Lina
    Isabel Jeans
    Isabel Jeans
    • Princess Eugénie
    Tullio Carminati
    Tullio Carminati
    • Albert
    Milly Vitale
    Milly Vitale
    • Can-Can girl
    Carlo Hintermann
    • Prince Ruprecht
    Roberto Risso
    Roberto Risso
    • Aide de camp
    Friedrich von Ledebur
    Friedrich von Ledebur
    • Count Sandor
    Adrienne Gessner
    • Amelia
    Luigi Cimara
    Waveney Lee
    • Countess Theresa
    Walter Varndal
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writers
      • Walter Bernstein(adaptation)
      • Sidney Howard(English translation of "Olympia")
      • Ring Lardner Jr.(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Although Walter Bernstein was most anxious to re-establish himself in movies after several years on the blacklist, he asked that his name be removed from the credits of this movie as he disliked it so much. He also insisted to interviewers that a great deal of it was actually directed by the uncredited Vittorio De Sica, who insisted on being paid in cash at the end of each working day.
    • Goofs
      Vehicles are seen driving on the right. The Austrians drove on the left until about 1933, well after the period of this story.
    • Connections
      Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Calling Out Crooked Companies (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      A Breath of Scandal
      Written by Robert Stolz and Al Stillman

      Sung by Maurice Chevalier

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    5/10
    Rather turgid fairy tale, with minor compensations...
    Sophia Loren--in a succession of lavish gowns, her hair tinted a honey-brown--looks every inch the princess in this surface-pretty remake of 1929's "His Glorious Night", adapted from Molnar's play "Olimpia". An American businessman from Pittsburg travels overseas and falls in love with mercurial royalty from Ruritania; she has breached protocol by even being seen with this "peasant", so in order to keep him quiet she agrees to spend a weekend with him in the country. Wily Maurice Chevalier, as Sophia's father, gets to sing a little and make eyes at the ladies, and his polished comic timing is a welcome relief to the empty, useless bantering of the young lovers. As Loren's gallant guy, stiff John Gavin talks as if he's being dubbed by a ventriloquist (he has no music in his voice). Sophia doesn't have the witty lines of the older players (nor that of Angela Lansbury as a competitive Countess), though she gives more to this puff-piece than most actresses would have. A few funny lines do lighten the load, yet it's largely forgettable. ** from ****
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      • March 16, 1960 (Italy)
      • Italy
      • Austria
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      • Belvedere Palace, Vienna, Austria
    • Production companies
      • Titanus
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
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