La contessa scalza
Directed by:
Joseph L. MankiewiczScreenplay:
Joseph L. MankiewiczCinematography:
Jack CardiffComposer:
Mario NascimbeneCast:
Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi, Elizabeth Sellars, Warren Stevens, Mari Aldon, Diana Decker (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
A high point in the already success-laden career of writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and one of the most glamorous and extravagant films from Hollywood’s Golden Age, The Barefoot Contessa is a tragic drama about the tumultuous rise and fall of fictional Hollywood actress Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner). Humphrey Bogart plays down on his luck writer and director Harry Dawes, reduced to working for an egotistical and abusive producer, Kirk Edwards (Warren Stevens). Whilst scouting for the female lead in his new movie, Dawes meets the beautiful and charismatic Maria Vargas, a barefooted flamenco dancer, in a Madrid night club and convinces her to star in his movie. Maria is an overnight sensation, but cannot find satisfaction in the shallow world of Hollywood, and the men in her life who treat her as nothing more than a commodity. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Soundtracks
Room at the Top / The Quiet American / The Barefoot Contessa
Classic Hollywood Soundtracks
Label: DRG
Year: 1996
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 57:10
| 1. | THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA: Main Titles | Mario Nascimbene | 01:48 |
| 2. | Recalling At The Graveyard | Mario Nascimbene | 01:52 |
| 3. | Harry Meets Maria Vargas | Mario Nascimbene | 04:45 |
| 4. | Gypsy Bolero | Mario Nascimbene | 02:46 |
| 5. | A Guitar For Maria | Mario Nascimbene | 03:40 |
| 6. | Nocturne Bolero | Mario Nascimbene | 02:58 |
| 7. | Death Of Maria And Finale | Mario Nascimbene | 04:59 |
| 8. | ROOM AT THE TOP: Main Titles | Mario Nascimbene | 03:10 |
| 9. | Alice And Joe At THe Pub | Mario Nascimbene | 00:51 |
| 10. | Alices Beguine | Mario Nascimbene | 02:43 |
| 11. | Alice And Joe At Home | Mario Nascimbene | 03:03 |
| 12. | Alice And Joe | Mario Nascimbene | 01:54 |
| 13. | Alice Alone | Mario Nascimbene | 01:03 |
| 14. | Joe, Alice Is Dead | Mario Nascimbene | 02:26 |
| 15. | Joe And The Prostitute | Mario Nascimbene | 03:27 |
| 16. | Joe After The Fight | Mario Nascimbene | 01:15 |
| 17. | Finale | Mario Nascimbene | 00:34 |
| 18. | THE QUIET AMERICAN: Main Titles | Mario Nascimbene | 01:22 |
| 19. | City Streets | Mario Nascimbene | 02:14 |
| 20. | The Cathedral | Mario Nascimbene | 01:30 |
| 21. | The Morgue | Mario Nascimbene | 03:40 |
| 22. | Psychological And Passionate | Mario Nascimbene | 01:58 |
| 23. | The Search For Tuong | Mario Nascimbene | 02:25 |
| 24. | Finale | Mario Nascimbene | 00:47 |