Claim: Romance with a Double Bass, a 1974 British short comedy film directed by Robert Young, revolves around Smychkov (Cleese), a bassist, who shows up too early for the ball of a beautiful princess, who, meanwhile, has gone fishing at the lake.
Evidence: Romance with a Double Bass is a 1974 British short comedy film directed by Robert Young. Smychkov (Cleese), a bassist, shows up too early for the ball of a beautiful princess, and decides to spend his extra time skinny dipping in the nearby lake. The princess (Booth), meanwhile, has gone fishing at the lake, and later decides to go skinny dipping as well.