The sweet, young Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award for her part as the bored princess Ann. 1953. Director: William Wyler.
The beautiful princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) comes to Rome for a royal visit. She's sick of her stressed schedule and one night, she desides to run away. She wants to live a life as a normal girl. In the night, after taking a sleeping pill, she's walking around, dizzy, in a quiet Rome. The pill starts making her very sleepy, and she finally falls asleep on a bench.
The american reporter Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck) sees her, not recognizing her as the famous princess Ann. He tries to wake her so that she can take a cab home. She doesn't want to and Joe desides, for her safety's sake, to bring her to his apartment where she can get some real sleep.
In the morning, Joe leave Ann sleeping to get to his office. His editor shows him a picture of Ann, and suddenly Joe recognizes her. He don't tell his editor that the princess is sleeping in his apartment, but he and his editor makes a bet that Joe will get an exclusive intervue with Ann, who's according to the royal house has become ill.
He tells his friend and photographer Irving (Eddie Albert) that this can be their big chance. Irving is suppose to take pictures of Ann as Joe is planning. But when he says to Ann soon after, not telling her that he's a reporter, that he'll show Rome to her, she doesn't accept he's agreement and leave.
She walks around, feeling free. Spontaniously she cuts her hair short in a barbershop which makes it harder for Joe who's following her to recognize the girl who used to have long hair. But finally, he meets her again, and they start traveling around in the city which weren't build in one day. It's going to be a day, they will never forget!
This is a fun and happy comedy, shot on location in Rome. That were pretty new in 1953, so that's one of the reasons for this being a smash hit. Audrey Hepburn in adoreble as the sweet Ann. Gregory Peck reminds me of Cary Grant and George Clooney. Or maybe I should say that George Clooney reminds me of him. That sounds better.
However, this is a splended film. I want to go to Rome after seeing this. It's also interesting to see what Rome looked like in the early 50's.
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