Sabrina

"...the chauffeur's daughter who learned her stuff in Paris"

Oct 15 1954 Approved 1h 53m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.

Plot

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work -- busily running the family corporate empire with no time for a wife and family. David is all play -- technically employed in the family business but never showing up for work, spending all his time entertaining, and having been married and divorced three times. Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who has been infatuated with David all her life, but whom David hardly notices till she goes away to Paris for two years and returns an elegant, sophisticated, beautiful woman. Suddenly, she finds she's captured David's attention, but just as she does so, she finds herself also falling in love with Linus, and she finds that Linus is also falling in love with her.

Written by

Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, Ernest Lehman

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

Français, English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 8 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
72,759
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
72
Popularity
NA