The White Sheik (1952) / Den Hvite Sheiken (UK-import)
1950s Italian romantic comedy directed by Federico Fellini. When a provincial Italian couple arrives in Rome for their honeymoon, the wife, Wanda (Brunella Bovo), sets off in search of her photo-romance magazine idol, Fernando Rivoli aka 'The White Sheik' (Alberto Sordi), and leaves her husband, Ivan (Leopoldo Trieste), to wander the streets of the city alone. When she eventually meets the Sheik and then finds herself alone on a yacht with him, Ivan frantically searches for her as the newlyweds' weekend threatens to descend into disaster.
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