The read
Audiences rate it 49 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in a 20th-century society endangered by power and greed and imagines the rebellion of the "little people" against corrupt and soulless authority.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes11%
Audiences rate it 49 points higher than critics do.
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Bryan ForbesDirector
- Edward AnhaltScreenplay
- Michael J. LewisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Katharine HepburnContessa Aurelia
- Charles BoyerThe Broker
- Claude DauphinDr. Jadin
- Edith EvansJosephine
- John GavinThe Reverend
- Paul HenreidThe General
- Oskar HomolkaThe Commissar
- Yul BrynnerThe Chairman
- Richard ChamberlainThe Reverend
- Donald PleasenceThe Prospector
- Henri VirlogeuxThe Peddler
- Danny KayeThe Ragpicker
Stills
Themes
paris, francebased on play or musicalcountessparisianprospectormock trialoil explorationpower of the peoplepower madnessabuse of powermotley creweccentric old woman