
Donkey Skin
1970


“SOME COUNTRIES HAVE A MEDAL FOR EVERYTHING”
196 votes
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
Director
Laurence OlivierWriters
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German
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Luckily Queen Elizabeth II allowed some of her own Coronation footage from 1953 to double up for her grandfather’s forty-odd years earlier and so provide a backdrop for this unlikely romance between a visiting prince regent and a theatrical type who might well have piqued the interest of Edward VII. The fastidious prince (Laurence Olivier) is attending the ceremonies with his mother-in-law, the deaf as a post Queen dowager (Dame Sybil Thorndike) and his teenage son, the king (Jeremy Spenser) and staying at their embassy under the watchful eyes of the Foreign Office’s finest “Northbrook” (Richa…
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