The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

Directors

Laurence Olivier

Cast

Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis, Jeremy Spenser, Paul Hardwick, Esmond Knight

The story

In London in 1911, George V will be crowned king on 22 June and in the preceding days, many important dignitaries arrive, including the 16-year-old King Nicholas VIII of the (fictional) Balkan country of Carpathia, with his father the stiff and pompous widower Prince Regent Charles, and his maternal grandmother the widowed Queen Dowager of Carpathia (inspired by King Michael I of Romania, King Carol II of Romania and Queen Marie of Romania respectively). The British Government had decided that keeping Carpathia in the Triple Entente is critical amid the rising tensions in Europe. They wish to pamper the royals during their stay in London…

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