Roman Holiday
- Gregory Peck: Joe Bradley
- Audrey Hepburn: Princess Ann
- Eddie Albert: Irving Radovich
- Hartley Power: Mr. Hennessy
- Harcourt Williams: Ambassador
- Margaret Rawlings: Countess Vereberg
- Tullio Carminati: General Provno
- Paolo Carlini: Mario Delani
- Claudio Ermelli: Giovanni
- Paola Borboni: Housekeeper
- Alfredo Rizzo: Taxi driver
- Laura Solari: secretary
- Gorella Gori: shoe salesman
A heart and a crown ( original title " Roman Holiday ") is a film Romance from 1953 with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in the lead roles. The film was directed by William Wyler. The shooting took place in Rome and in the Cinecittà studios in Rome.
Action
Ann, the young Crown Princess of unspecified country, is located in the part of a European tour on a state visit in Rome. Bored and bored of the never-ending of protocol duties she pulls out one night from the Palazzo Barberini and sleeps, because you have previously given her a sedative on a wall at a roadside. There she is picked up by the American reporter Joe Bradley, who takes her into his tiny apartment in the Via Margutta 51. It was not until the next day, is canceled the press reception of the Princess, in which he should participate, he realizes what catch he made. Both conceal each other their true role, albeit for different reasons: Joe Bradley senses a unique story, when he accompanied a princess incarnate on an incognito vacation in Rome, Princess Ann sees her chance to spend a few carefree hours.
Joe Ann leads a whole day by the Rome of the 1950s, accompanied ( and secretly photographed ) from a friend, the photographer Irving Radovich. The path through Rome leads Ann and Joe also the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in whose vestibule, the famous stone mask Bocca della Verità, which is " Mouth of Truth ". According to legend, the stone mask bites to every liar from the hand when he puts them in her mouth. Since Joe and Ann still have each other at this time secrets, they enter this test with very mixed feelings. When Ann is ultimately not dare to stick their hand in the Mouth of Truth, they can Joe go first. This acts as if the hand would really bitten and only withdraws an empty jacket sleeve.
The day ends with the fact that the two are discovered during the dance on a boat at the Castel Sant'Angelo by security forces from Ann's home country and be able to save them from access after a mass brawl just by jumping into the Tiber. On the shore they come closer to each other and kiss. Ann then returns but return to their duties. Joe brings Ann by car until shortly before the Palazzo, which serves her in Rome as a base. There, they take leave of each other in tears, without ever mentioning that they have each other out long ago. Ann conjures Joe not to follow her and leaves him.
Joe gives up his big story and Ann is back in her golden prison. However, to the horror of her courtiers she appears to be no longer the young girl, but a confident young woman become. This shows, inter alia, that she insists the press reception in defiance of all rules of protocol, personally meet some ladies and gentlemen of the press, after she sees Joe in the front row. His friend Irving handed her an envelope with " compromising " pictures of her day in Rome. Shortly thereafter, Ann does not retreat, but without one last affectionate and at the same time sad look on Joe to be addressed. The ceremonial hall empties, and only Joe remains pensive and alone back, his eyes still fixed on the spot where Ann has been standing a few minutes ago. Finally, he leaves the room.
Reviews
- Encyclopedia of the International film: " Charming conversation that precipitated by gentle irony and sophisticated design ."
- Adolf Meier Heinzl, Berndt Schulz in Lexicon " Movies on TV ", " First hit film Hepburn. [ ...] ( Score: 2 ½ stars, above average) "
- 6000 movies. Critical Notes from the cinema from 1945 to 1958: " Pattern gorgeous, charming and gracious entertainment that satisfied by gentle irony and sophisticated design, higher claims. [ ... ] Interesting. "
- Prisma.de: " A wonderful romantic comedy that has lost none of its charm. William Wyler was achieved with an ideal cast doubt one of the most magical and most beautiful love stories of all time. "
- Frank -Michael Helmke at filmszene.de, " " Roman Holiday " [ ... ] is the grandmother of all modern romantic comedies, mainly because of the fact that he turned one of the ancient myths of this genre in a congenial manner - and so created a new founding myth. [ ... ] A romantic comedy in perfect shape completion. "
Awards
Audrey Hepburn was awarded for its incomparably charming, yet aristocratic portrayal of Princess Ann Academy Award for Best Actress. Oscars it was also for Edith Head (Costume Designer ) and Ian McLellan Hunter ( Best Screenplay ). For the time in Hollywood standing on the blacklist and therefore in the original preload unnamed Dalton Trumbo, a second Oscar to Trumbo in 1993 passed a widow.
The Film Review Board Wiesbaden gave the production the predicate particularly valuable.
The American Film Institute presented a 2002 U.S. list of best romantic movies and chose Roman Holiday the third best of all time.