Roman Holiday 1953

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 118 min

genre: comedy

theme: romantic comedy

director: William Wyler

Score: 8 / 10

Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the story and costume design also won.

Plot

Crown princess Ann is on a tightly scheduled tour of European capital cities to promote goodwill and improve trade relations for her unnamed nation. After an especially hard day in Rome her doctor gives her an injection and advises her: "Best thing I know is to do exactly what you wish for a while." When she is left alone she secretly leaves her bedroom and country's embassy to witness city life. The effect of the drug then sets in, and she ends up happily lying on a stone bench. Joe Bradley, an expatriate reporter for the "American News Service", finds her there without recognizing who she is. He thinks she is intoxicated and, feeling protective, he takes her to his apartment to sleep it off.

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author	Dalton Trumbo Ian McLellan Hunter John Dighton
award	Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Story National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Rome
director	William Wyler
editor	Robert Swink
events	fleeting relationship
genre	comedy drama romance
keywords	ambush arrest bocca della verità bow city life colosseum crown prince crown princess daily life end government agents hide long hair morning mouth of truth news service nothing press conference river run away scooter spanish steps speak think vespa wet clothes
musicBy	Georges Auric Victor Young
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	William Wyler
publisher	Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	Rome
theme	romantic comedy