[2] Sergio Franchi recorded the title song (written by Kusik; Snyder; Piccioni) on his 1968 RCA Victor album, I'm a Fool To Want You.

[3] The film recounts the misadventures of a beautiful and temperamental village girl Isabella (Sophia Loren) and an ill-tempered Spanish prince, Rodrigo (Omar Sharif).

The movie starts with the prince trying to tame a wild horse in the courtyard, while his mother the queen, asks when he will do as his father wishes and marry?

There are 7 princesses waiting to dine with him, for him to choose from, but the prince isn’t interested and tells his mother as much, as he rides off leaving the palace.

Once Isabella reaches her home she is relieved to have lost the prince, but she hasn’t, and he knocks on her door demanding she use the flour to make him seven dumplings.

The neighbors then steal the prince’s ring and bury his body in a shallow grave covered by leaves and tree branches.

Remembering only one fully, she puts the tip of her tongue in the keyhole of a lock, which instantly physically paralyzes the princes, making him completely unable to move.

The king of Spain orders Rodrigo to choose a wife among seven princesses within seven days, and for that he arranges a gathering, despite his attraction to Isabella.