One of John Cleese's first post-Python projects -- after he decided not to appear in the fourth series -- was this short film based on a story by Anton Chekhov. In it he plays a musician who falls in love with a princess, played by then-wife Connie Booth. Theirs is the ultimate "meet cute" as they both decide to go skinny dipping at the same time and both have their clothes stolen. Luckily for both of them, Cleese's instrument of choice is the double bass.
"Romance with a Double Bass" was the second writing collaboration for Cleese and Booth, after co-writing the "Fairy Tale" sketch in the second German Python special a year earlier. It also marked the first time they worked with Andrew Sachs, who would co-star in their brilliant series "Fawlty Towers" a year later. Incidentally, this film was directed by Robert Young, who would go on to direct Eric Idle's "Splitting Heirs" and co-direct "Fierce Creatures."
"Romance with a Double Bass" was the second writing collaboration for Cleese and Booth, after co-writing the "Fairy Tale" sketch in the second German Python special a year earlier. It also marked the first time they worked with Andrew Sachs, who would co-star in their brilliant series "Fawlty Towers" a year later. Incidentally, this film was directed by Robert Young, who would go on to direct Eric Idle's "Splitting Heirs" and co-direct "Fierce Creatures."