Description
Sparkling with "juicy dialogue" (Leonard Maltin) and a superb cast (including
Edmond O'Brien in an Oscar-winning performance), this landmark film is "spectacular. ingeniously-fashioned, original entertainment" (Variety).
With extraordinary beauty, talent and grace, Spanish dancer Maria Vargas (
Ava Gardner) was born to be a star. Aided by American movie director Harry Dawes (
Humphrey Bogart), she attains great success and fortune in Hollywood's land of dreams. But, though she gives her all for stardom, there is one thing Maria will never compromise - her soul. No matter what the cost, The Barefoot Contessa will dance to no one's music but her own.
Details
Released: Fri 1 Sep 2006
Catalogue Number: 16107SDW
Rating: 
Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean
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- Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Rossano Brazzi, Valentina Cortesa, Ava Gardner, Marius Goring, Edmond O'Brien, Elizabeth Sellars, Warren Stevens
- Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment
- Studio: MGM
- Feature:
- Audio:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0
- Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
- French Dolby Digital 2.0
- German Dolby Digital 2.0
- French
- Subtitles: English for the Hearing Impaired, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, German for the Hearing Impaired
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: PAL
- Fullscreen: Full Frame
- Layers: 2
- Release Year: 1954
- Running Time: 124 minutes
- Sides: 1
- Transfer Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Availability
Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.