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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| 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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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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Written by Robert Stolz and Al Stillman
Sung by Maurice Chevalier
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Curiously, one of the fatal flaws of this film's box-office failure was its brilliant cast, particularly the suspension of disbelief required to buy Italian Sophia Loren as the daughter of Frenchman Maurice Chevalier and British Isabel Jeans - all the more challenging to believe when all three characters were supposed to be Austrian. 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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16 March 1960 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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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!