A millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents.A millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents.A millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
Vittorio De Sica
- Joe
- (as Vittorio de Sica)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaPeter Sellers and Sophia Loren recorded the novelty song "Goodness Gracious Me!" in order to promote the movie. The song became a big worldwide hit.
- Quotes
Dr. Ahmed el Kabir: [sailing across the Thames to his surgery, noticing Epifania attempting suicide] Hello, good day for a swim!
Epifania Parerga: I am not swimming, I am committing suicide
Dr. Ahmed el Kabir: Very good
Epifania Parerga: You don't understand, I'm killing myself
Dr. Ahmed el Kabir: Well, it is our common destiny, good day
- Crazy creditsThe end of the film finishes with 'And they lived happily ever after'.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Preview: Episode #1.3 (1966)
Featured review
It just doesn't work.
Chemistry can be a funny thing. This movie stars two charismatic legends of the cinema, Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers. Its script, on the surface, is intelligent and well-written, full of snappy dialog. (It's based on a play by G.B. Shaw.) They combine to make a relentlessly dull movie. Loren is a rich heiress who for some reason has to marry again to satisfy conditions of her father's will and Sellers plays an altruistic Indian doctor in London, where the movie is set, with whom she has an uninteresting love/hate relationship. I found it all but impossible to keep my attention focused on the screen as the film worked its way toward its conclusion. It made for one of the longest 90-minute movies I've ever seen.
Part of the problem I think is that characters here are not developed, they just burst out in full force the moment you see them, making a viewer feel like he or she has started watching in the middle of the film. Also, as a romance, the movie is completely flat, with zero chemistry between the leads. It's no wonder you don't hear much about this film from fans of Loren or Sellers, or Shaw for that matter.
Part of the problem I think is that characters here are not developed, they just burst out in full force the moment you see them, making a viewer feel like he or she has started watching in the middle of the film. Also, as a romance, the movie is completely flat, with zero chemistry between the leads. It's no wonder you don't hear much about this film from fans of Loren or Sellers, or Shaw for that matter.
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- Sep 9, 1999
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Die Millionärin
- Filming locations
- Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Studio, uncredited)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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