An ordinary young American woman learns that she has become the owner of a tiny European country.An ordinary young American woman learns that she has become the owner of a tiny European country.An ordinary young American woman learns that she has become the owner of a tiny European country.
Raf De La Torre
- Italian Attache
- (uncredited)
Alexander Gauge
- MacNabb the Lawyer
- (uncredited)
Robert Henderson
- Macy's Staff Manager
- (uncredited)
Arthur Hill
- Representative of Johnson K. Johnson
- (uncredited)
Derek Hodgson
- Pageboy
- (uncredited)
Fletcher Lightfoot
- Grand Duke Johnson the First
- (uncredited)
Tom Macaulay
- Grieves
- (uncredited)
Louis Matto
- Hotel Doorman
- (uncredited)
Jack May
- Villager at Council Meeting
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaSir Dirk Bogarde (Tony Craig) agreed to be in this movie because he was eager for lighter material after his role in The Stranger in Between (1952).
- GoofsWhen Lindy is trying to talk Tony into tasting the schneese he takes one bite and hands it back. She presses him to take another bite and hands it back. It now has first two bites gone then several, showing that possibly multiple takes were needed using the same cheese wedge.
- Quotes
Opening Title Card: The producers wish to thank the citizens of Lampidorra for not speaking Lampidorran - thus saving the expense of English subtitles.
- Crazy creditsThe producers wish to thank the citizens of Lampidorra for not speaking Lampidorran -- thus saving the expense of English sub-titles.
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Sounds good in theory, but in practice...
The country is named Lampidorra, and it's a tiny municipality in Europe, the smallest country in fact, kind of squished in next to Switzerland. It's so small, it makes Switzerland look the size of Mongolia. The citizens there have a thriving industry that has kept them going for years - the industry of smuggling.
A rich American buys half the country, and then dies. A grand search is on to find his nearest heir, who ends up being something like an Aunt's sister-in-law's nephew's second-cousin, twice removed. She travels to the country to sort out what's going on, and is shocked to see that they hold smuggling highly as their main source of income!
Sounds like a wonderful movie, eh? Good idea for a story line and somecomedy, and Dirk Bogarde in pyjamas. But the whole thing just isn't executed well, and it gets very trying after the first half-hour or so. The start is amusing, where it's narrated - telling you Lampidorra's history and also thanking the citizens for speaking English rather than Lampidorran during filming, thus wiping out the need for English subtitles! Overall though, only 5/10.
A rich American buys half the country, and then dies. A grand search is on to find his nearest heir, who ends up being something like an Aunt's sister-in-law's nephew's second-cousin, twice removed. She travels to the country to sort out what's going on, and is shocked to see that they hold smuggling highly as their main source of income!
Sounds like a wonderful movie, eh? Good idea for a story line and somecomedy, and Dirk Bogarde in pyjamas. But the whole thing just isn't executed well, and it gets very trying after the first half-hour or so. The start is amusing, where it's narrated - telling you Lampidorra's history and also thanking the citizens for speaking English rather than Lampidorran during filming, thus wiping out the need for English subtitles! Overall though, only 5/10.
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- calvertfan
- Mar 26, 2002
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- Die Schmugglerprinzessin
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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