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Roman Holiday

  • 1953
  • Passed
  • 1h 58m
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Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953)
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ComedyRomance

A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

  • Director
    • William Wyler
  • Writers
    • Dalton Trumbo
    • Ian McLellan Hunter
    • John Dighton
  • Stars
    • Gregory Peck
    • Audrey Hepburn
    • Eddie Albert
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    143K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,469
    201
    • Director
      • William Wyler
    • Writers
      • Dalton Trumbo
      • Ian McLellan Hunter
      • John Dighton
    • Stars
      • Gregory Peck
      • Audrey Hepburn
      • Eddie Albert
    • 345User reviews
    • 138Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Oscars
      • 11 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck
    • Joe Bradley
    Audrey Hepburn
    Audrey Hepburn
    • Princess Ann
    Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert
    • Irving Radovich
    Hartley Power
    • Mr. Hennessy
    Harcourt Williams
    Harcourt Williams
    • Ambassador
    Margaret Rawlings
    Margaret Rawlings
    • Countess Vereberg
    Tullio Carminati
    Tullio Carminati
    • General Provno
    Paolo Carlini
    • Mario Delani
    Claudio Ermelli
    Claudio Ermelli
    • Giovanni
    Paola Borboni
    Paola Borboni
    • Charwoman
    Alfredo Rizzo
    • Taxicab Driver
    Laura Solari
    Laura Solari
    • Hennessy's Secretary
    Gorella Gori
    • Shoe Seller
    Armando Ambrogi
    • Man on Phone
    • (uncredited)
    Armando Annuale
    • Admiral Dancing with Princess
    • (uncredited)
    Maurizio Arena
    Maurizio Arena
    • Young Boy with Car
    • (uncredited)
    Silvio Bagolini
    • Undetermined Role
    • (uncredited)
    Nadia Balabine
    • Woman of Importance Watching the Military Parade
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William Wyler
    • Writers
      • Dalton Trumbo(originally uncredited)
      • Ian McLellan Hunter
      • John Dighton
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      When Gregory Peck came to Italy to shoot the movie, he was privately depressed about his recent separation and imminent divorce from his first wife, Greta Kukkonen. However, during the shoot he met and fell in love with a French-born woman named Veronique Passani, of Italian and Russian parents. Following his divorce, he married her, she became Veronique Peck, and they remained together for the rest of his life.
    • Goofs
      After Joe throws his drink on Irving, a visible wet mark appears on Irving's shirt. In the next shot, the wetness appears to have disappeared (this occurs twice during the scene).
    • Quotes

      Princess Ann: I have to leave you now. I'm going to that corner there and turn. You must stay in the car and drive away. Promise not to watch me go beyond the corner. Just drive away and leave me as I leave you.

      Joe Bradley: All right.

      Princess Ann: I don't know how to say goodbye. I can't think of any words.

      Joe Bradley: Don't try.

    • Alternate versions
      The writing credits on the film originally completely omitted the name of Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted at the time, and read: Screenplay by Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton Story by Ian McLellan Hunter In 1991, the WGA acknowledged Dalton Trumbo's authorship of the story, granting him a posthumous "Story By" credit. The "Screenplay By" credit however was not changed. In 2011, Tim Hunter (son of Ian McLellan Hunter) wrote a letter to John Wells, president of the WGA, asking on behalf of Christopher Trumbo (Dalton Trumbo's son), who had just passed, to petition for Trumbo to be recognized as author of the screenplay as well. The WGA further revised the credits, which have been corrected on all copies of the film released since then.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965)

    User reviews345

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    Lyrical relic of a vanished civilization
    This charming comedy is justly famous as the film that made the whole world fall in love with Audrey Hepburn and half the world want to run out and buy a Vespa scooter. Hepburn was always beguiling, but in some of her later roles she tended to overplay the winsomeness. Here every note she hits is just about perfect.

    And speaking of notes, pay special attention to the score by the great Georges Auric. If the film had been produced in the manner of modern romantic comedies, the sound track would have been larded with pop hits by Perry Como, Dinah Shore, and Frankie Laine, which would have done an awful lot to destroy the magic. Instead Auric's complex, vibrant, evocative music complements the story's inherent lyricism without upstaging it. In an era of bombastic film scoring, this seems a miracle.

    Someone once said that Audrey Hepburn's was the beauty of possibility and transformation -- she was always in motion, always becoming something else. "Roman Holiday" is very much of a piece with that notion. On the surface, the film is about a princess who disguises herself as a "commoner". But in truth she's actually pretending to be a princess, at least at first. She finally becomes authentic -- is transformed and prepared to deal with her destiny -- only through the ennobling power of love and sacrifice. That's one heck of a mythic subtext and does a lot to explain "Roman Holiday's" enduring power.
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    • What kind of cute little car did the Eddie Albert character drive? Was that a French Deux-Chevaux or an Italian Topolino?
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 2, 1953 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Praznik u Rimu
    • Filming locations
      • Cafe Rocca, Via della Rotonda 25, Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Mr. Bradley ask Irving the Photoreporter to photograph the Princess at a cafe', today is a fashion store)
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,091
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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