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I saw this movie twice and, as a matter of fact, two things have remained in my memory: young Romy Schneider in the main role just after her presence in ultra popular SISSI trilogy, and the locations in which SCAMPOLO was shot - Ischia Island. That is why I gave it a 6 out of 10 since these two aspects make this movie really memorable.

From today's perspective, SCAMPOLO is not very interesting, sometimes the action is so slow that one can fall asleep. In fact, there is not much content: adventures of a young girl who lives a "light hearted" life on the Isle of Ischia.

However, Romy Schneider is great! The fact that SCAMPOLO was filmed just after the third part of Sissi is too significant not to be skipped. Romy was considered to fit best to "royal roles" by a number of people. Partly, thanks to SCAMPOLO, she proved that she was talented at multiple levels. Another film that was a kind of "escape" from the impact of Sissi at that time, and which brought an inevitable end to her Austrian period of career was DIE HALBZARTE where Romy played with her mother Magda Schneider for the last time. Very soon after that, Romy moved to France and started her world-wide career on screen. Later on, we all know how far she went. Pity she died so early...

Therefore, SCAMPOLO is not for every today's viewer since it is very specific. While watching it, you have to have a bit knowledge about some facts from Romy's life and about that convention of the German cinema of the late 1950s. Only then, SCAMPOLO is fun to watch it.

Real fans of Romy Schneider and lovers of the beauties of the southern Italy's landscape (esp. Ischia Island) will find the movie entertaining! 6/10

"Scampolo" is a West German German-language film from 1958, so this one will have its 60th anniversary soon. The star here is actress Romy Schneider, who plays the title character Scampolo, even if the name sounds fairly male. And honestly, I must say it got a bit repetitive, maybe even annoying when everybody kept mentioning Scampolo, because they really wanted to make sure do not forget who the big star here is. This is a shame as the overall quality of the film suffered from it as it simply did not elaborate enough on the supporting characters and as gorgeous as Romy Schneider may be, she is not great enough an actress to carry the movie like this. But the screenplay obviously did not do her any favors either. The shocking thing here is how many people worked on this script and still the outcome was so generic, so disappointing and nothing superior to all the German film mediocrity from the 1950s. The core of the film like so many other times with Schneider is the romance and it is predictable from start to finish and the characters next to Scampolo simply aren't memorable at all, which may have to do with both acting and writing. There are a couple known names in the cast here, so it was a missed opportunity I must say. I give this one a thumbs-down and urge you to watch Schneider's "Monpti" instead.

This is an excellent German classic ,Shot in Italy with wonderful cinematography by Bruno Mondi, who would later shoot exploitation feature. Taking place in Capri. Scampolo is an orphan who lives on a boat and makes a living as a tourist guide and also works for a friend Marieita,who runs a dry cleaning place,taking the clothes to the clients and collecting the money. Robert is a struggling architect ,played by Paul Hubschmit across from him is a fashion model and his girl friend Franca.When the post man shows up with a package for him ,c.o.d., he owes five thousand lira and he can't afford it. After boss and friend ,Marrietta, gives her a package with some dry clean cloth to be sent to him,she arrives at his apartment.Shes charging 5000 lira too. He doesn't have it but they start to get to know each other.He shows her his project, a model of some apartment complexes or hotels he hopes to win money prize for the contest he's entering . He ends up writing a message to send the bill to his friend , Andrea , played by George Thomalla, who's a professional photographer to borrow the money. but when she arrive's at the place he's not there. So since she's getting smitten with him she decide's to loan him the money and make up a story that he got the money from Andreas.Well it turned out by the time she comes back Andreas was visiting him and loaning him money. She's not aware of it neither , at the moment. She make's claim that she got the money then he introduces him to his friend Andreas it embarrasses her so much that she take's off.Robert later asks her for a dates. She ends up borrowing some clothes from her friend . She and Robert go to restaurant his friend Andreas and a fashion designer name Sabina shows up.Andreas dance's with her offering her a modeling job but she turn's it down as they are dancing. Her motor cycles police friend shows up to take her home . She helps's Robert to take his stuff to the post office to be sent to the museum for the contest It seems that the postal is having a party and accidentally a hot fry pan with pizza is placed on the address, of the wooden crate , to be shipped and it ends up not being shipped . As soon as the post man inform's her, she immediately goes to the post office and picks up the package to take to the museum where the contest is going to be . It seems it's too late and Robert is disqualified until she sees the housing administrator . She convince's him to allow Robert's work to be placed in the contest. Robert shows up and he has fallen in love with her and she get's a big kiss.This was a good movies,even though it stated that it was made the year i was born 57 it's really made and released in 58. It's available in the united state's under zero region conversion at German video dot net .