Country: USA
Year: 1967
Duration: 106'
An American diplomat, Ogden Mears (Brando), who is about to divorce from his wife and be nominated Secretary of State, is traveling on a luxury liner that makes a stopover in Hong Kong. There, he has a chance encounter with the countess Natasha Alexandroff (Sophia Loren), a Russian noblewoman who is fleeing her country. After returning onboard, he discovers the woman hiding in the closet of his stateroom; she is determined to do anything it takes to reach the United States. To avoid a scandal, he organizes a marriage between the countess and his butler but he doesn’t take into account his own feelings and the possibility that he might fall in love with her… The last movie directed by Chaplin, who gave himself a small role and left the field open for the duo Loren-Brando.
Biography
film director
Charles S. Chaplin
(London, 1889-Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, 1977) is probably the greatest celebrity in film history. A comic actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (he was one of the founders of United Artists), he entered the collective imagination with his character the Tramp, with his small moustache, derby, and walking stick, poor, unemployed, desperate but also zany, happily anarchic, cynical through desperation, loving by nature. Starting in the 1910s, Chaplin directed countless shorts and then moved on to directing feature films, beginning with The Kid (1921). He received honorary Oscars in 1929 and 1972.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Kid (Il monello, 1921), A Woman of Paris (La donna di Parigi, 1923), The Gold Rush (La febbre dell’oro, 1925), The Circus (Il circo, 1928), City Lights (Luci della città, 1931), Modern Times (Tempi moderni, 1936), The Great Dictator (Il grande dittatore, 1940), Monsieur Verdoux (id., 1947), Limelight (Luci della ribalta, 1952), A King in New York (Un re a New York, 1957), A Countess from Hong Kong (La contessa di Hong Kong, 1967).
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY, MUSIC: Charlie Chaplin. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Arthur Ibbetson. EDITING: Gordon Hales. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Donald M. Ashton, Robert Cartwright. COSTUMES: Rosemary Burrows. CAST: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill, Margaret Rutherford, Michael Medwin. PRODUCTION: Jerome Epstein, Charlie Chaplin per Universal Pictures, Chaplin Film Productions.
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