Princess Olympia, 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.
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| 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, 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.
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austro hungarian empire | american abroad | year 1907 | prince | princess |Taglines:
It's scandalous! It's shocking! But oo-la-la, it's lovely! See more »Parents Guide:
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16 March 1960 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Robert Stolz and Al Stillman
Sung by Maurice Chevalier
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Foster's question about the Crown Prince who shot himself and 'that girl' is a reference to the Mayerling Incident where Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria murdered his lover, Baroness Vetsera, and then took his own life. The incident has been depicted in several films, including Mayerling (1968) and Mayerling (1936). 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 Breath of ScandalWritten by Robert Stolz and Al Stillman
Sung by Maurice Chevalier
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In 1960 this film did not receive audience attention because there were other film being shown that the public wanted to see, like "Psycho" and many other films. Most Sophia Loren films were not as popular in America and so Carlo Ponti brought his wife back to Europe and she made a very successful film, "Two Women" which won her an Academy Award and brought Sophia great notoriety. In this picture, Sophia plays the role as Princess Olympia who is a very wild and beautiful young lady who gets into all kinds of trouble. Sophia rides her horse one day and an American named Charlie Foster, (John Gavin) and his automobile scares the horse and the Princess falls to the ground and she plays games with Charlie making believe she is hurt, but she really likes him and wants to spend the night with him in a lodge. Charlie has no idea this pretty gal is a Princess and they both get along very well, with her sleeping in his pajamas and her waking up and the bottoms of the PJ's are missing. This is a great comedy and Maurice Chevalier, (Prince Philip) gives a great supporting role as Princess Olympia father along with Angela Lanwsbury, (Countess Lina) who is a gossip and trouble maker getting into everyone's private lives. Michael Curtiz directed this picture and he was a famous director who produced many great films.