Agatha's death caused Guinness to panic. This hot air balloon scene was filmed in the open space of Pinewood Studio. He repeatedly asked him if he was safe, and they told him he was absolutely safe, with a guarantee of £10,000. Guinness said that hot air balloons can't get more than 15 feet off the ground unless they mention the insurance to £50,000. Ealing Studio is known for being stingy, and naturally rejected Guinness's request and promised that there would be a Belgian balloon driver secretly hiding by his side during the filming. But Guinness still refused to appear, so the scene was completed by the balloon driver. Later, a gust of wind blew the balloon off the orbit, and the balloon driver finally fell in a river 50 miles away. Guinness had the last laugh.
The scene where 6 members of the Astene family appeared at the same time was filmed for two days, and they were all played by Guinness alone. The camera was placed on a special table in Ai to reduce movement. The photographer even stayed overnight with the camera to prevent it from being moved unintentionally. Six optical flat glass windows are arranged in a frame and are placed in front of the camera, and only one window is opened at a time to ensure that the Astrones flow into the mirror. Most of the time was wasted waiting for Guinness to change up.
The name of the film comes from Tennyson’s 1842 poem "Mrs. Clara Villi de Villi": ""Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood."
In addition to the 6 characters that appeared in the film, Ji Played by Nice, the portrait in the Duke’s Castle in the film should also be one of the roles "played" by Kilis.
At first, the director only asked Guinness to play four roles. He himself liked the script too much, so he offered to play 8 of them. The process of participating in the performance is also full of challenges for him who is serious. He has to ask himself every moment who he is. Among the eight roles, the priest Astner is his favorite role.
Guinness said that director Robert Hammer "looks and sounds like a likable but arrogant frog." The
director and Guinness had a very good relationship during filming, and this friendship lasted for a long time. "Robert and I belong to the same country." Guinness said in his 1985 memoir. "He is so good and full of naughty happiness. For actors, he is so perfect-he can appreciate you and encourage you."
Ealing’s boss, Michael Bowen, said to Robert Hammer. Classic: "You are trying to sell satire-this least popular thing to the British, good luck." However, the film became a big winner at the box office. The film later became Bowen's favorite movie, but at the time he was not interested in it, and even refused Hamer to participate in his film project about the West Indies. In fact, Hammer has only one film His Excellency in Ealing Studio.
The opening song is based on the aria "Il mio tesoro" in "Don Giovanni" by Mozart. It also appeared several times in the film. Once it was piano music played by Louis' mother, and once it was sung by his father.
The United States has another version of the ending. Because film dealers are very skeptical that the ambiguous ending of the film will pass the trial. This 10-second extra plot was not in Ealing's hands, but was discovered by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. These 10 seconds are quietly stored in the movie storage device.
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