Lady Oscar (film)

Lady Oscar
International release poster
Directed byJacques Demy
Screenplay byPatricia Louisianna Knop
Story byJacques Demy
Patricia Louisianna Knop
Based onThe Rose of Versailles
by Riyoko Ikeda
Produced byMataichiro Yamamoto
StarringCatriona MacColl
Barry Stokes
Christine Böhm
Jonas Bergström
Terence Budd
CinematographyJean Penzer
Edited byPaul Davies
Music byMichel Legrand
Production
companies
Distributed byToho (Japan)
Ciné Tamaris (France)
Release dates
  • March 3, 1979 (1979-03-03) (Japan)
  • April 26, 1980 (1980-04-26) (France)
Running time
124 minutes
CountriesJapan
France
LanguageEnglish
Box office$220,000[1]

Lady Oscar (Japanese: ベルサイユのばら Hepburn: Berusaiyu no bara, "The Rose of Versailles") is a 1979 English-language romantic historical drama film, based on the manga The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda. The film was written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music composed by his regular collaborator Michel Legrand. The Japanese-French co-production was produced by Mataichiro Yamamoto for Kitty Films, Nippon TV, Toho, and Ciné Tamaris, and was filmed on location in France.[2]

Catriona MacColl stars as the eponymous Oscar François de Jarjayes, with Barry Stokes as her lover André Grandier, alongside Jonas Bergström, Christine Böhm, Mark Kingston, Georges Wilson, Sue Lloyd, Martin Potter, and Anouska Hempel. A young Lambert Wilson appears in a minor role.

  1. ^ "Lady Oscar (1980) - JPBox-Office". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  2. ^ Mark Deming (2007). "Lady Oscar". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2012-01-30.