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Roman Holiday

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Roman Holiday

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Summary

Romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Joe Bradley, a journalist at an American news bureau in Rome, discovers a pretty girl apparently in a drunken stupor and reluctantly takes her home. Next morning, he is amazed to discover that his guest is a princess on a state visit.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

This sublime film rightly secured a best actress Oscar for Audrey Hepburn (in a role originally intended for Jean Simmons) and resulted in both Hepburn and Rome (not to mention motor scooters!) becoming the epitome of postwar chic. It's a charming love story about a princess who falls for a reporter (Gregory Peck) during an official visit to the Eternal City. The script was written by the uncredited, blacklisted Dalton Trumbo (a fact not revealed for almost 40 years after the film was made) and deals in some depth with issues of personal freedom close to his heart, though the setting and characters do distance the tale far from the communist witch-hunts in America. Immaculately directed by William Wyler, and written and played with style and grace, this is a film to treasure, both for its endearing action and marvellous performances.

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Cast

rolenamePrincess AnneAudrey HepburnJoe BradleyGregory PeckIrving RadovichEddie AlbertMr HennessyHartley PowerCountess VerebergMargaret RawlingsAmbassadorHarcourt WilliamsMr Hennessy's secretaryLaura SolariGeneral ProvnoTullio CarminatiMario DelaniPaolo CarliniGiovanniClaudio Ermelli

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rolenameDirectorWilliam Wyler

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Theatrical distributor

Park Circus

Released on

2013-07-19

Languages

English | German | Italian

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Black and white

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