The Immortal Story (1968) on Netflix
In nineteenth-century Macao, an aging merchant becomes obsessed with making a sailor's legend come true. He sends his bookkeeper to find a woman and a sailor to play the parts.
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Plot summary
In Macao in the nineteenth century, a rich merchant named Mr. Clay has little time left and only his bookkeeper, Levinsky, for company. One night, Levinsky reads to him; Clay interrupts with a story he heard from sailors: an old rich man pays a sailor five guineas to get his wife pregnant. Levinsky knows the tale too. Clay becomes determined to stage the story for real and orders Levinsky to find a young woman and a sailor to act the parts. Levinsky recruits Virginie, daughter of a former partner Clay ruined, who welcomes the chance to take part. He also finds Paul, a young Danish sailor just rescued from a desert island. Paul is reluctant until Clay dangles the money.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Immortal Story (1968)
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- Orson Welles planned The Immortal Story as half of a two-part anthology film, with the second half based on Karen Blixen's story "The Deluge at Nordenay". That second film was canceled after Welles raised concerns about the professionalism of his crew in Budapest, Hungary, where it was to have been shot.
- The port of Macao was recreated in the main square of Chinchón, Spain, near Madrid, with other exteriors shot in Pedraza, Brihuega and Valdemoro. Welles used Chinese restaurant waiters from Madrid as extras to stand in for Macao's inhabitants.
