Vacanze romane

Titolo originale: Roman Holiday
Regia: William Wyler |
Anno: 1953
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Romance Commedia Dramma
Tag: dance | rome, italy | photography | boat | secret identity | intelligence | embassy | forbidden love | sightseeing | duty | black and white | romantic |
Cast: Audrey Hepburn | Gregory Peck | Eddie Albert | Hartley Power | Harcourt Williams | Margaret Rawlings | Tullio Carminati | Paolo Carlini | Claudio Ermelli | Paola Borboni | Alfredo Rizzo | Laura Solari | Gorella Gori | Armando Annuale | Maurizio Arena | Gildo Bocci | Andrea Esterhazy | George Higgins | Richard McNamara | Luigi Moneta | Piero Pastore | Mimmo Poli | Giuliano Raffaelli | Carlo Rizzo | Gianna Segale | Dianora Veiga | Marco Tulli | Tania Weber | Catherine Wyler | Nadia Balabine | Silvio Bagolini | Alfred Browne | Franco Corsaro | John Cortay | Julián Cortés Cavanillas | Vittoria Crispo | Ugo De Pascale | Giovanni Fostini | Paul Gary | Sidney Gordon | Edward Hitchcock | John Horne | Adam Jennette | Cirillo Konopleff | Diana Lante | Princess Lilamani | Rio Nobile | Octave Senoret | Amedeo Trilli | Helen Tubbs | Joop van Hulzen | Judy Wyler |

Un cinegiornale annuncia la visita della giovane principessa Anna nelle principali capitali europee. L'ultima tappa è Roma, dove, dopo un ricevimento in ambasciata di fronte a tutte le cariche istituzionali e gli esponenti della nobiltà internazionale, la principessa esausta e frustrata dai suoi impegni diplomatici ha una crisi nervosa. Il dottore di corte le somministra un sonnifero, ma prima che faccia effetto, Anna riesce a fuggire da palazzo nascondendosi nell'autocarro delle vivande. Viene trovata poco dopo sdraiata nei pressi dei Fori Imperiali dal reporter americano Joe Bradley, che, senza averla riconosciuta, cerca invano di metterla su un taxi che la riporti a casa, per poi decidere di ospitarla nel proprio studio...

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In the 1970s, both Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn were approached with the idea of a sequel, but th [...] D
The airplane carrying the royal family is an Italian Breda-Zappata BZ.308, which was designed for ro [...] D
The first American film to be made in its entirety in Italy. D
Near the beginning of the film, the princess is in bed, with a book about Alfred Hitchcock. Audrey H [...] D
During the documentary A Conversation with Gregory Peck (2000), Gregory Peck told the audience that [...] D
Audrey Hepburn won the role of Ann thanks to a legendary screen test. She performed a scene from the [...] D
Paramount originally wanted to shoot this movie in Hollywood. William Wyler refused, insisting it mu [...] D
Gregory Peck lost 16 pounds during the shooting because of the tremendous amount of work he gave and [...] D
Gregory Peck's role was originally written with Cary Grant in mind. Grant, however, turned the role [...] D
The original writer, Dalton Trumbo, was blacklisted as one of the legendary Hollywood Ten, and there [...] D
Cary Grant turned down the role of Joe Bradley, believing he was too old to play Audrey Hepburn's lo [...] D
Audrey Hepburn was so overwhelmed at winning an Oscar for the film, that she took the wrong route to [...] D
With a budget of about $1.5 million, the film took $5 million in the domestic market. D
Paramount made an agreement with the British Government and stipulated there would be no mention mad [...] D
In the famous "Mouth of Truth" scene, Audrey Hepburn's reaction to Gregory Peck's "bitten-off hand" [...] D
After filming, Gregory Peck informed the producers that, as Audrey Hepburn was certainly going to wi [...] D
George Stevens was the next director to inherit the project after Frank Capra and William Wyler bail [...] D
In this movie, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck both met their respective spouses while on set. D
Italian censorship visa # 15521 delivered on 1 December 1953. D
The picture was financed with blocked funds, which Paramount was allowed to use only after getting s [...] D
Cinematographer Franz Planer fell ill during production and was replaced by Henri Alekan. D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee of the year to be also nominated for Best Story. D
Remade in 1987 as a TV film, with Catherine Oxenberg and Tom Conti. Catherine Oxenberg has previousl [...] D
It has been noted that Roman Holiday is similar in plot to Frank Capra's Accadde una notte (1934). T [...] D
Shot in black and white so that the characters wouldn't be upstaged by the romantic setting of Rome. D
A lot of the film's success was attributed to the public's fascination with Britain's Princess Marga [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 F [...] D
In a scene shortly after Ann and Joe meet, she quotes a line from a poem, and they disagree about wh [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
The story was originally optioned by Frank Capra in 1947, who had hoped to cast Cary Grant and Shirl [...] D
Gregory Peck says he sells...fertilizer. Meaning bull crud, often known as the tabloid press... D
Princess Ann, unrecognized by Joe, as well as doped and drowsy from Dr. Bonnachoven's sleeping drug, [...] D
Inspired the Hallmark Channel Movie Un amore da copertina (2019) starring Italia Ricci. D
When Joe (Gregory Peck) is putting Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) in the cab, she says "It's a taxi!" [...] D
At the end of production, Paramount Studios presented Audrey Hepburn with her entire wardrobe from t [...] D
The leads' tandem use of the Italian Vespa 2-stroke scooter kindled an unprecedented public interest [...] D
Much speculation exists as to which foreign power Anya represents. A few clues suggest Czechoslovaki [...] D
The lengthy production was about $700,000 over budget. D
[June 2008] Ranked #4 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "R [...] D
According to Ian McLellan Hunter, blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was a member of the "H [...] D
By the time he got the script for this film, Gregory Peck was hungry to do a comedy (he had not been [...] D
When Audrey Hepburn remarks that she never carries money, it's an actual fact. Members of royal fami [...] D
After attending the world premiere of Incantesimo dei mari del Sud (1949) in London, William Wyler a [...] D
Although much has been said of the film's comparison to "It Happened One Night," the storyline goes [...] D
Paramount purchased the rights to the screen story from Frank Capra's Liberty production company for [...] D
The $5000 that Joe is offered for the complete story with photos is worth about $44,000 in 2015. D
When Gregory Peck came to Italy to shoot the movie, he was privately depressed about his recent sepa [...] D
One reason why Frank Capra passed on making this movie when he was offered the script is that he tho [...] D
The Roman summer was stiflingly hot, with the temperatures in the high 90s. Crowds swarmed over all [...] D
In Germany, the film is titled "Ein Herz und eine Krone", translating to "A Heart and A Crown". D
It was just chance timing that the film appeared at the moment when Princess Margaret was having to [...] D
The airplane in which the Secret Service men arrive to search for Princess Ann is a very unusual typ [...] D
At the beginning of the movie, the elder gentleman dancing with Princess Ann says to her, in Italian [...] D
One of the reasons why William Wyler was anxious to film in Europe was because he wanted to put some [...] D
Paramount had assets frozen in Italy and was delighted to take advantage of the opportunity to film [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of the Top 100 America's Greatest Love Story [...] D
Ann and Joe get into an argument over which poet wrote the words that Ann quotes, "Arethusa rose fro [...] D
The journalists which were greeted by Princess Ann were actual journalists who working in the Italia [...] D
The sheet of paper Hennessy (Hartley Power) reads the interview questions from is actually a page of [...] D
The lion's mouth scene is shown in L'ultima parola - La vera storia di Dalton Trumbo (2015) when Dal [...] D
The first choices for the part of the princess were Jean Simmons and Suzanne Cloutier. Elizabeth Tay [...] D
The Embassy Ball sequence featured real Italian nobility, who all donated their salaries to charity. [...] D
When filming the scene where the princess (Audrey Hepburn) says her goodbyes to Joe, the inexperienc [...] D
Audrey Hepburn's casting conflicted with her appearance in the title role of the Broadway production [...] D
The country of which Ann is princess, is never said. The introductory News Flash lists a visit to Lo [...] D
Ben Hecht worked on the screenplay from June to October 1951, but ultimately waived his credit. His [...] D
Audrey Hepburn was performing on Broadway in "Ondine" with her future husband Mel Ferrer when she wo [...] D
Audrey Hepburn won the 1953 Best Actress Academy Award for Roman Holiday. On March 25th, 1954, she a [...] D
Gregory Peck was initially reluctant to take on a part that was clearly secondary to the young femal [...] D
In addition to a Paramount contract and instant stardom in America and Europe, Audrey Hepburn gained [...] D