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 |
| Sound | Charles Knott | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosi Gori | Costume Design |
| Production | Michał Waszyński | Production Manager |
| Sound | Peter T. Davies | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Franco Magli | Production Manager |
| Art | Arrigo Equini | Settings |
| Art | Italo Tomassi | Art Department Manager |
| Sound | Claude Hitchcock | Boom Operator |
| 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 |
