Vittorio de Sica is a lost and ruined gambler who comes to Monte Carlo in an effort for maybe a final gamble. He meets Marlene Dietrich who is supposed to be a rich widow with a vast inheritance. He courts her, they become friends, she is intrigued by the fact that he is of a noble Napolitan family and supposes him to be outrageously rich. The fact is that she is also ruined. By chance, some American greenhorns run into them, the captain running into de Sica's boat and causing some damage, and he is charmed by Marlene. De Sica and Marlene agree to try to make something of the situation, so they pretend to be brother and sister, and while Marlene is courted by the Californian millionaire, his daughter shows some interest for de Sica. Here is an opportunity for both adventurers to make their fortune, but things don't quite turn out according to their schemes. Among the other actors there is Mischa Auer as the chief waiter and head of the gang of comedians or rogues, that is friends of de Sica. It's a friendly and beautiful film with quite a few comic turns, and a splendid entertainment for those who can relish the Mediterranean beauty of the sea and Monte Carlo. It was made the year after Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" and of the same colourful lustre, a feast for the eyes and an enjoyable comedy, which not even the Americans succeed in spoiling.,
Review of The Montecarlo Story
