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A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 nominations total
Harry Allen
- Gamekeeper
- (uncredited)
Gene Ashley
- Tyrolean Man
- (uncredited)
Franco Corsaro
- Spanish Marques
- (uncredited)
Paul De Corday
- Hungarian Officer
- (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
- Diplomat
- (uncredited)
Doris Dowling
- Tyrolean Girl
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaBilly Wilder began shooting this film in 1946, soon after winning an Oscar for The Lost Weekend (1945). That film's great critical reception (and unexpected box-office success) gave Wilder more power and he spent a lot of time and money on this musical (which was his first color film). He was very dissatisfied with the result, however, and the release of the film was extensively delayed, perhaps for re-takes--Wilder liked to say he was hoping to delay its release as long as possible. It opened in Britain a month before its American debut, most unusually, and was a critical and box-office flop. In 1969, he told an interviewer, "I never want to see it again". His next film, A Foreign Affair (1948), opened in America only three months later.
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Princess Bitotska: The Lafuentes have more of everything. In fact, most of their children were born with eleven fingers.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Saturday Night Live: Melanie Griffith/Little Feat (1988)
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A delight-surprise
What a nice delightful film this turned out to be. I'm in my musical phase of movies, and while this really cannot be classified as a true "musical", it does have a couple on nice songs and a short dance sequence. I guess you could classify this as a "quasi-musical". Anyway, the story is fun with the typical Billy Wilder political overtones that do not detract from the plot line. The scenery is great, as is Bing Crosby and Richard Haydin. Joan Fontaine is fine in what is asked of her. The real stars are the two dogs. Their scenes are delightful, as is the film. While there is a tad of dramatics at the end, it all turns out fine as expected. Would have like to have the fade-out of the two dogs cuddling up. See this one for a royal treat.
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- ryancm
- Jan 7, 2008
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- Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame
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- $4,070,248 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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