The Barefoot Contessa
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9/29/1954Runtime
128 minsGenres
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Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy tycoon Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.
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A tragic romance about a brilliant director and a captivating dancer whose rise through European high society becomes entangled in obsession and doomed desire. It's a stylish, melancholic exploration of beauty, ambition, and the cost of fame.
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Humphrey Bogart
Harry Dawes
Ava Gardner
Maria Vargas
Edmond O'Brien
Oscar Muldoon
Marius Goring
Alberto Bravano
Valentina Cortese
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Rossano Brazzi
Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini
Elizabeth Sellars
Jerry
Warren Stevens
Kirk Edwards
Franco Interlenghi
Pedro Vargas
Mari Aldon
Myrna
Enzo Staiola
Busboy
Bill Fraser
J. Montague Brown
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