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A Countess from Hong Kong was a 1967 comedy film and the last film directed by Charlie Chaplin. It was one of only two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role (the other was 1923's A Woman of Paris), and his only color film. It starred Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren and Sydney Earle Chaplin, Chaplin's second son. The film was a financial and critical failure. The plot concerns ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Ogden Mears sailing back to America after traveling the world. He meets a Russian countess in Hong Kong who sneaks on board to escape forced prostitution. This film is best known for the theme music, written by Chaplin, which became the hit song This Is My Song for Petula Clark. Since the film was and remains almost universally disliked, the success of the song made back the money spent on the film. Chaplin was distraught by its failure, and the difficulties in the film production. His on-set conflicts with Brando stemming from ego clashes and their radically different approaches to acting are legendary . Chaplin's brief cameo marked his final on-screen appearance. Trivia It was filmed entirely at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, just outside London in 1966. "Countess from Hong Kong" is also the title of an unreleased song by The Velvet Underground
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