The first scene with Count andreyi is a perfect representation of celebrities at their breaking point after being harassed one too many times by paparazzi
Added the dancing career for both of them and added the barbital addiction for the Countess, but otherwise it's the same as ever. Countess Andreyi is a very fragile person and Count Andreyi has a temper problem but is completely devoted to his wife, so she need have no fear of his temper, only those who upset or distress her in any way do.