| A Breath of Scandal | |
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Produced by | Marcello Girosi Carlo Ponti |
| Written by |
Walter Bernstein (adaptation) Ferenc Molnár (play) Ring Lardner Jr. (uncredited) |
| Starring | Sophia Loren Maurice Chevalier John Gavin Angela Lansbury |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini Robert Stolz |
| Cinematography | Mario Montuori |
| Editing by | Howard A. Smith |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 16 December 1960 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | Italy United States |
| Language | English |
A Breath of Scandal, known as Olympia in Italy, is a 1960 film adapted from Ferenc Molnár's stage play Olympia. It stars Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, John Gavin and Angela Lansbury and was directed by Michael Curtiz. The film is set at the turn of the 20th century and features lush technicolor photography of Vienna and the countryside of Austria. The costumes were created by Ella Bei of the Knize fashion house in Austria. Due in part to Michael Curtiz's direction which Sophia Loren was at odds with, Italian director Vittorio De Sica was hired to reshoot certain scenes with Loren after hours without Curtiz's knowledge.
It is based on the 1928 play Olympia rather than being a remake of the 1929 MGM film His Glorious Night.[1]
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