Directed by:
Joseph L. MankiewiczScreenplay:
Joseph L. MankiewiczCinematography:
Jack CardiffComposer:
Mario NascimbeneCast:
Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi, Elizabeth Sellars, Warren Stevens, Mari Aldon, Diana Decker (more)VOD (1)
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A high point in the already success-laden career of writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and one of the most glamorous and extravagant films from Hollywood’s Golden Age, The Barefoot Contessa is a tragic drama about the tumultuous rise and fall of fictional Hollywood actress Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner). Humphrey Bogart plays down on his luck writer and director Harry Dawes, reduced to working for an egotistical and abusive producer, Kirk Edwards (Warren Stevens). Whilst scouting for the female lead in his new movie, Dawes meets the beautiful and charismatic Maria Vargas, a barefooted flamenco dancer, in a Madrid night club and convinces her to star in his movie. Maria is an overnight sensation, but cannot find satisfaction in the shallow world of Hollywood, and the men in her life who treat her as nothing more than a commodity. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Humphrey Bogart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/186/164186707_30a2c4.jpg)
Humphrey Bogart
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
![Ava Gardner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267989_b91374.jpg)
Ava Gardner
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
![Edmond O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/363/164363763_89b8f5.png)
Edmond O'Brien
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
White Heat (1949)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
![Marius Goring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948875_266d72.jpg)
Marius Goring
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
![Valentina Cortese](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483234_a0fa54.jpg)
Valentina Cortese
Italy
Best movies:
Day for Night (1973)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
![Rossano Brazzi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/448/448873_ef2657.jpg)
Rossano Brazzi
Italy
Best movies:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Little Women (1949)
The Far Pavilions (1984)
![Elizabeth Sellars](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935029_2ca241.jpg)
Elizabeth Sellars
UK
Best movies:
Never Let Go (1960)
Desirée (1954)
The Chalk Garden (1964)
![Warren Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712204_f3f268.jpg)
Warren Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
![Mari Aldon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/352/159352337_dc93fd.jpg)
Mari Aldon
Best movies:
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
Summertime (1955)
Distant Drums (1951)
![Diana Decker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647065_c01f73.jpg)
Diana Decker
USA
Best movies:
Lolita (1962)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
![Enzo Staiola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/488/488767_b26810.jpg)
Enzo Staiola
Italy
Best movies:
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
![Bessie Love](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270217_f3f994.jpg)
Bessie Love
USA
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Ragtime (1981)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
![Franco Interlenghi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/460/460061_16b2d7.jpg)
Franco Interlenghi
Italy
Best movies:
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000) (TV movie)
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Like Father, Like Son (1957)
![Alberto Rabagliati](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494703_f7d6af.jpg)
Alberto Rabagliati
Italy
Best movies:
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
The Monte Carlo Story (1956)
Street Angel (1928)
![Renato Chiantoni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064285_3df912.jpg)
Renato Chiantoni
Italy
Best movies:
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971) (series)
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
![Helena Makowska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789613_ecb230.jpg)
Helena Makowska
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Quo Vadis (1951)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Jim Gérald
France
Best movies:
Father Brown (1954)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Maria Zanoli
Italy
Best movies:
Quo Vadis (1951)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
War and Peace (1956)
Margaret Anderson
UK
Best movies:
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Gertrude Flynn
USA
Best movies:
Funny Girl (1968)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
War and Peace (1956)