Details

Release year: 1953

Storyline

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

Top credits

Directors

William Wyler

Writers

Cast

Gregory Peck — Joe Bradley
Audrey Hepburn — Princess Ann
Eddie Albert — Irving Radovich
Hartley Power — Mr. Hennessy

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Awards

3 wins & 7 nominations

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Did you know

• 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.

• After filming, Gregory Peck informed the producers that, as Audrey Hepburn was certainly going to win an Oscar (for this, her first major role), they had better put her name above the title. They did and she did.

• Paramount originally wanted to shoot this movie in Hollywood. William Wyler refused, insisting it must be shot on location. They finally agreed, but with a much lower budget. This meant the movie would be in black and white, not the expected Technicolor, and he would need to cast an unknown actress as the Princess, Audrey Hepburn.