Long Live Maria!

"Viva Maria" redirects here. For the anti-Napoleonic movement, see Viva Maria (movement).
Long Live Maria!
Theatrical Poster
Directed byLouis Malle
Screenplay byLouis Malle
Jean-Claude Carrière
Produced byÓscar Dancigers
StarringBrigitte Bardot
Jeanne Moreau
George Hamilton
CinematographyHenri Decaë
Edited bySuzanne Baron
Kenout Peltier
Music byGeorges Delerue
Production
companies
Les Productions Artistes Associés
Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Vides Cinematografica
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 18 December 1965 (1965-12-18)
Running time
119 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguagesEnglish
French
Spanish
German
Budget$2,200,000[1]
Box office$1,150,000 (est. US/Canada Rentals)[2] $4 million (Foreign Rentals)[1]

Long Live Maria! (French: Viva Maria) is a 1965 French/Italian co-production adventure comedy film starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau as two women named Maria who meet and become revolutionaries in the early 20th century. It also starred George Hamilton as Florès, a revolutionary leader. It was co-written and directed by Louis Malle, and filmed in Eastman Color. The costumes were by Pierre Cardin.

It was released in both French and an English-dubbed version.

  1. ^ a b Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, p. 281
  2. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, 4 January 1967 p 8