Other Titles • A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) • Die Gräfin von Hongkong (1967)
Synopses for A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
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Charlie Chaplin's last film is the cinematic equivalent of Willie Mays staying too long in baseball--a sad farewell from someone who has clearly lost his touch. Marlon Brando (who famously did not get along with Chaplin and initiated, with this film, his curious habit of undermining his directors' best intentions) plays an American millionaire leaving Hong Kong to assume an ambassadorship. He discovers Sophia Loren--playing a daughter of Russian aristocrats and a former gangster moll--concealed in his closet onboard the outbound ship, hoping to gain passage to the States. Brando, looking none too pleased, agrees to help her, with not terribly comic or romantic results. Chaplin's one modestly clever touch is to have the camera rock gently and slowly back and forth, ostensibly emulating the movement of the luxury liner. The humor falls flat, Brando and Loren have no chemistry, and the story isn't terribly engaging. The former Little Tramp appears, mercifully briefly, as a seasick steward who opens and closes a door, swooning in between. Appropriately enough, in silence. --David Kronke
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Leaving Hong Kong after a stopover, an American diplomat discovers a stowaway in his stateroom--the Countess Natascha Alexandra, whose family had fled from Russia. Fearful of losing his job he tries to keep his new roomie hidden while they try unsuccessfully to keep from falling in love. This was director Chaplin's final film.
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A russian emigre countess forced into prostitution in Hong Kong, stows away in wealthy American Ogden's stateroom to blackmail her way to the states. Since Ogden has a mind of his own, a hilarious tug of war follows!
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