Drei Amerikanerinnen, die in Rom arbeiten, teilen sich eine geräumige Wohnung und den Wunsch, die große Liebe zu finden. Auf ihrem Weg ins romantische Glück erleben die Freundinnen jedoch ei... Alles lesenDrei Amerikanerinnen, die in Rom arbeiten, teilen sich eine geräumige Wohnung und den Wunsch, die große Liebe zu finden. Auf ihrem Weg ins romantische Glück erleben die Freundinnen jedoch einige Rückschläge.Drei Amerikanerinnen, die in Rom arbeiten, teilen sich eine geräumige Wohnung und den Wunsch, die große Liebe zu finden. Auf ihrem Weg ins romantische Glück erleben die Freundinnen jedoch einige Rückschläge.
- 2 Oscars gewonnen
- 2 Gewinne & 3 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Undetermined Secondary Role
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- Waiter in Select Restaurant
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- Headwaiter
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- Pepe - Shadwell's Butler
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- Party Guest
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- Principessa's Butler
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- Waiter in Venice
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Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesThe first motion picture filmed in CinemaScope outside of the United States. Prior to beginning principal shooting, 20th Century-Fox studio execs warned producer Sol C. Siegel and director Jean Negulesco that they would have a difficult time with the new film format away from the controlled settings of the studio. Siegel and Negulesco solved this dilemma by simply taking the studio's entire technical crew along to Rome.
- PatzerAt the beginning of the final scene at the Trevi fountain, the fountain is dry and being cleaned. While the characters are there, the fountain begins to flow; when they leave, the fountain is completely full--not a possibility given the size of the fountain and the period of time over which the scene occurs.
- Zitate
Woman at Cocktail Party: My husband declares that I was simply born to be a writer. He says if anyone just took a pencil and followed me around, they'd have a novel.
John Frederick Shadwell: My dear lady, I should be delighted to get behind you with a pencil.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Love Potion No. 9 - Der Duft der Liebe (1992)
- SoundtracksThree Coins in the Fountain
(1954)
by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn
Sung by Frank Sinatra (uncredited) during the opening credits
Sung also by an unseen chorus at the end
The film has a fine cast, and the story is so-so. The movie also spurned a hit song by the same title, sung by Frank Sinatra in the film. It won the Academy Award for best original song. Julie Styne wrote the music and Sammy Cahn the lyrics. The Four Aces turned it into a number one hit on the 1954 U. S. pop chart. Several other recordings were made after that.
While the story is okay, a big plus for the film is its cinematography and scenic shots of and around Rome. The best of these are scenes of some of the many glorious fountains of the eternal city. The granddaddy of them all, the Trevi Fountain, is center stage for the opening and closing.
One interesting aspect of the story is with the lead male and female characters. Clifton Webb plays John Shadwell, an expatriate American who has lived in Rome most of his adult life. Dorothy McGuire plays Miss Frances, his secretary for the past 15 years. That means that she was in Rome since 1939, and the two of them lived through World War II. That would have included the early years when Benito Mussolini's Italy was allied with Nazi Germany, and the later German occupation of Rome. I don't know how Sedondari treated that in his novel, but it seems strange that there's not a hint of the war having just been over less than nine years, or of Miss Frances having been there during that time. It seems that Anita (Jean Peters) and Maria (Maggie McNamara) would have asked Frances about that at some point.
A funny line by Shadwell stands out. He says to Prince Dino di Cessi (played by Louis Jordan), "These girls in love never realize they should be honestly dishonest instead of being dishonestly honest.
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Details
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 42 Minuten
- Seitenverhältnis
- 2.55 : 1