L'amant de lady Chatterley (1955)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Marc Allégret

Writers:

Marc Allégret (writer)
Gaston Bonheur (play)

Release Date:

7 December 1955 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Cuckold | Foreign Language Adaptation | Based On Novel | Based On Play | Character Name In Title

Cast

Danielle Darrieux	...	Constance Chatterley
Erno Crisa	...	Oliver Mellors
Leo Genn	...	Sir Clifford Chatterley
Berthe Tissen	...	Mrs. Bolton
Janine Crispin	...	Hilda
Jean Murat	...	Baron Leslie Winter
Gérard Séty	...	Michaelis
Jacqueline Noëlle	...	Bertha Mellors
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Léon Daubrel	...	Le docteur
René Lord	...	Lewis
Nicole Malric	...	La femme de chambre
Christian Marquand	...	L'amant de Bertha
Jean Michaud	...	Wilcock

Also Known As:

Lady Chatterley's Lover (USA)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Orsay Films

Movie Connections:

Version of Ang kabit ni Mrs. Montero (1999)

A Married Lady takes her falcon-keeper as her lover

This book and movie caused a great sensation in 1959 because it was considered pornographic. The book was not allowed to be read and the movie was not allowed to be shown in America. Finally, after a highly publicized court battle, the courts allowed the book and the movie to appear on the grounds of "artistic merit" and everybody went to see the movie. The content, about a married woman who commits adultery, is so mild by today's standards that the book and movie are largely forgotten. However, it was because of the court precedent set by "Lady Chatterley's Lover" that we are allowed to see and read almost everything today. Sam Sloan