A Countess from Hong Kong

 
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A Countess from Hong Kong

A Countess from Hong Kong
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Original film poster
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Produced by Charles Chaplin
Jerome Epstein
Written by Charles Chaplin
Starring Marlon Brando
Sophia Loren
Music by Charles Chaplin
Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) January 5, 1967
Running time 120 min
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Budget $3,500,000 (estimated)
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A Countess from Hong Kong was a 1967 comedy film and the last film directed by Charles Chaplin. It was one of only two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role (the other was 1923's A Woman of Paris), and his only color film. It starred Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Tippi Hedren, and Sydney Earle Chaplin, Chaplin's second son. The film was a financial and critical failure.

The plot concerns ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Ogden Mears sailing back to America after traveling the world. He meets a Russian countess in Hong Kong who sneaks on board to escape forced prostitution.

This film is best known for the theme music, written by Chaplin, which became the hit song This Is My Song for Petula Clark. Since the film was and remains almost universally disliked, the success of the song made back the money spent on the film. Chaplin was distraught by its failure, and the difficulties in the film production. His on-set conflicts with Brando stemming from ego clashes and their radically different approaches to acting are legendary [citation needed]. This is Tippi Hedren's first feature film after her break from director Alfred Hitchcock. She had high hopes for the film, until she received the script. When she realized that she had a small part as Marlon Brando's estranged wife, she asked Chaplin to expand her role. And although Chaplin tried to please her, he couldn't find a way to expand her role, as the story mostly takes place on a ship, which Hedren's character boards near the end of the film. In the end, she remained in the film and later said that it was a pleasure working for Chaplin.

Chaplin's brief cameo marked his final on-screen appearance.

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Main cast

Actor Role
Marlon Brando Odgen Mears
Sophia Loren Natascha
Sydney Earle Chaplin Harvey
Tippi Hedren Martha
Patrick Cargill Hudson
Oliver Johnson Clark
Michael Medwin John Felix
John Paul Captain
Margaret Rutherford Miss Gaulswallow
Angela Scoular Society girl
Geraldine Chaplin Girl at dance
Charles Chaplin An old steward

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