A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
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Cast & Crew.
Marlon Brando
Ogden Mears
Sophia Loren
Natascha
Sydney Chaplin
Harvey Crothers
Tippi Hedren
Martha Mears
Patrick Cargill
Hudson
Michael Medwin
John Felix
Oliver Johnston
Clark
John Paul
The Captain
Angela Scoular
The Society Girl
Margaret Rutherford
Miss Gaulswallow
Peter Bartlett
Steward
Bill Nagy
Crawford
Dilys Laye
Saleswoman
Angela Pringle
Baroness
Jenny Bridges
Countess
Arthur Gross
Immigration Officer
Balbina
French Maid
Anthony Chinn
Hawaiian
Jose Sukhum Boonlve
Hawaiian
Geraldine Chaplin
Girl at Dance
Janine Hill
Second Girl at Dance
Burnell Tucker
Hotel Receptionist
Leonard Trolley
Purser
Len Lowe
Electrician
Francis Dux
Head Waiter
Cecil Cheng
Taxi Driver
Ronald Rubin
American Sailor
Michael Spice
American Sailor
Ray Barlow
American Sailor
Josephine Chaplin
Young Girl
Victoria Chaplin
Young Girl
Kevin Manser
Photographer
Marianne Stone
Reporter
Lew Luton
Reporter
Larry Cross
Reporter
Bill Edwards
Reporter
Drew Russell
Reporter
John Sterland
Reporter
Paul Carson
Reporter
Paul Tamarin
Reporter
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 5, 1967
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
Content RatingG
Budget$3,500,000
Box Office$2,000,000
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
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A Countess from Hong Kong is a 1967 British romantic comedy film scored, written, and directed by Charlie Chaplin, and the final film directed, written, produced and scored by him. Based on the life of a former Russian aristocrat, as he calls her in his 1922 book My Trip Abroad. She was a Russian singer and dancer who "was a stateless person marooned in France without a passport." The film starred Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren, and revolved around an American diplomat who falls in love with a stowaway on a cruise. Sydney Chaplin (Chaplin's son), Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill and Margaret Rutherford co-star in major supporting roles; Chaplin also made a cameo, marking his final screen appearance.
The story is based loosely on Russian singer and dancer Moussia "Skaya" Sodskaya, whom Chaplin met in France in 1921. The film had been in development since the 1930s under the title Stowaway, as a vehicle for Paulette Goddard. However, following their divorce and subsequent events in his life, Chaplin continued working on it until it was ready for production in the mid-1960s. It was ultimately his only film in colour, and one of two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role (the other being 1923's A Woman of Paris).
The film premiered in London on 5 January 1967, receiving negative reviews from critics. Although a major success in Europe and Japan, it still underperformed at the US box office, though the success of the music score - which Chaplin worked on with Lambert Williamson - was able to cover the budget. The film's theme song, "This Is My Song", written by Chaplin and performed by Petula Clark, became a worldwide success, topping the charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium, while reaching number three in the United States and number four in Canada. Since its release, the film has been reevaluated and received more positive reviews.