A Countess from Hong Kong

A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1967-01-05

Country

United Kingdom

Production

Universal Pictures, Charles Chaplin Productions

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Budget

$3 500 000

Revenue

$2 000 000

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Director

Charlie Chaplin

Actors

Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill, Michael Medwin, Oliver Johnston, John Paul, Angela Scoular, Margaret Rutherford
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Scenario

Producer

Charlie Chaplin, Jerome Epstein

Operator

Arthur Ibbetson

Composer

Charlie Chaplin

Artist

Audition

Weston Drury Jr.

Editing

Gordon Hales, Denis Johnson
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• "The Countess from Hong Kong" was Tippi Hedren's first film after her breakup with Alfred Hitchcock. The actress had high hopes for the film, but upon seeing the script, she realized she would be playing the episodic role of the main character's wife and was disappointed.
• Marlon Brando (1924-2004) always admired the work of Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), but they didn't get along very well on set. In his autobiography, Brando called Chaplin a "sadist." Chaplin, in turn, claimed that working with Brando was "simply impossible."
• The film's premiere in London in 1967 was shown through a special spherical lens (this was required for the film shown immediately before Chaplin's film, and the equipment was simply forgotten to be turned off and removed). This resulted in the distorted spherical image that critics immediately attributed to Chaplin's "fatigue." This was not the case at all, but the film flopped at the box office, causing Chaplin to fall into a deep depression.