The Emperor of Capri
1949 · 82 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 278 VOTES · DIR. Luigi Comencini
Overview
Beautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri, and Antonio goes there behind the backs of his wife and mother-in-law. A lucky series of circumstances actually does transform him into the prince of the island.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,021 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:09 Ladies and gentlemen, good evening.
00:03:07 - What are you doing? - I'm joining them.
00:05:52 All right. Using a nice manner, one can get one's own way.
00:08:46 He met you at the Rowing Club ball. He has fallen in love with you.
00:11:44 On me? What have I done to you?
00:15:29 I'm going to replace a colleague of mine who's dying.
00:18:29 - Look at the sign. - What about it?
00:22:05 He's wearing a turban. It's the Bey Kahn of Agapur.
00:25:38 - Is that you, honey? - Oh, you're here, at last!
00:28:17 You know how it is. I get by.
00:31:42 - a whip in the other. - In which hand the whip?
00:35:08 That woman really did have a whip.
00:39:01 Imagine, just now I met a man carrying a hen under his arm.
00:42:19 - You'll show me up. - I can't dress up like that.
00:45:52 Who's this? Salome.
00:49:05 - Leave! - How do I get out?
00:51:46 - Goodness, gracious me! - I couldn't care less.
00:55:58 - You weren't expecting me, right? - Actually, I wasn't.
00:58:53 What a night!
01:01:21 ...Baroness von Krafpen... ...with whom I'm madly in love
01:06:02 - Of course! - May I introduce Enrichetta Giusi.
01:09:38 - Please say something. - Say a few words.
01:12:47 - 40 wives? Not on your life! - What?
01:19:11 I'm not the real Bey. He is.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,021
Dialogue density12.5 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line01:19:11
Production Record
DirectorLuigi Comencini
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes278