Het verhaal begint met de begrafenis van Maria Vargas. In een serie flashbacks, via voice-overs van commentaar voorzien door drie verschillende personages die allen aanwezig zijn bij haar uitvaart, wordt het verhaal verteld van haar opkomst en ondergang.
Nee, helaas is The Barefoot Contessa nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Director |
| Production | Forrest E. Johnston | Production Manager |
| Directing | Bernard Vorhaus | Assistant Director |
| Production | Franco Magli | Production Manager |
| Sound | Claude Hitchcock | Boom Operator |
| Production | Michał Waszyński | Production Manager |
| Art | Arrigo Equini | Settings |
| Sound | Charles Knott | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosi Gori | Costume Design |
| Art | Italo Tomassi | Art Department Manager |
| Sound | Peter T. Davies | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Writing | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Writer |
| Sound | Mario Nascimbene | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | William Hornbeck | Editor |
| Camera | Jack Cardiff | Director of Photography |
| Production | Angelo Rizzoli | Associate Producer |
| Production | Robert Haggiag | Associate Producer |
