Golden Earrings

Golden Earrings (1947)

Strange . . . Amazing . . . Their Love Story !

A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate.

Date of release
1947-08-27
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Adventure, Romance, Drama
Director
Mitchell Leisen

Casting

Interesting facts

Golden Earrings is a 1947 American romantic spy film made by Paramount Pictures and starring Ray Milland and Marlene Dietrich. It was directed by Mitchell Leisen and produced by Harry Tugend from a screenplay by Frank Butler, Helen Deutsch and Abraham Polonsky, based on a novel by Jolán Földes. Unlike the novel, the film has a happy ending, with Lydia and the officer reuniting after the war. The music score was by Victor Young and the cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp.

Production

This was Marlene Dietrich's first American film after concluding her years of work during World War II supporting the war effort. Filming started while she was still in France. “Meanwhile, Dietrich was researching gypsy life in the camps along the Seine.

According to TCM, although Polonsky received screen credit, none of his writing was included in the final film.

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