
Waltz of the Toreadors
Waltz of the Toreadors (also known as The Amorous General) is a 1962 film directed by John Guillermin and starring Peter Sellers and Dany Robin. It was based on the play of the same name by Jean Anouilh with the location changed from France to England. It was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay, in 1963.
Plot
This is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs. Unfortunately, his private life is a disaster: a confirmed womanizer, Leo has infuriated his wife Emily, now a shrewish and hypochondriac woman, all the more bitter as she still loves him. The General has two plain-looking daughters he dislikes and an attractive French mistress, Ghislaine, with whom he has had a platonic affair for seventeen years. When Ghislaine resurfaces, determined to complete her love with him and to get rid of Emily, Leo is at a loss what to do...
Awards
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author | Jean Anouilh Wolf Mankowitz |
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award | Silver Shell for Best Actor |
contentLocation | England |
director | John Guillermin |
editor | Peter Taylor |
genre | comedy |
keywords | end private life sussex |
musicBy | Richard Addinsell |
productionCompany | Independent Artists |
publisher | Continental Distributing Rank Film Distributors |
recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |