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Overview
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Writers:
Jacques Demy (adaptation)
Jacques Demy (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 March 1979 (Japan) more
Plot:
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father who longed for a son and a heir insisted she be raised as a boy... more | add synopsis
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Intriguing, but not as good as the anime more (8 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Catriona MacColl | ... | Oscar Françoise de Jarjayes |
| Barry Stokes | ... | André Grandier |
| Christine Böhm | ... | Marie Antoinette |
| Jonas Bergström | ... | Hans Axel von Fersen |
| Mark Kingston | ... | Général de Jarjayes |
| Martin Potter | ... | Conte de Giraudet, Oscar's Fiancé |
| Nicolas Amer | ... | M. De Chantilly, the pistol duelist (as Nicholas Amer) |
| Patrick Floersheim | ... | Oscar's sword adversaire in tavern |
| Consuelo De Haviland | ... | Oscar's pair at the Black Ball |
| Patsy Kensit | ... | Oscar as a child |
| Andrew Bagley | ... | André as a child |
| Cadine Constan | ... | Madame de Vallois / Launderess |
| Anouska Hempel | ... | Jeanne Vallois / Jeanne de la Motte |
 | Shelagh McLeod | ... | Rosalie Vallois |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Patrick Allan | ||
| Jean Boissery | ... | Le soldat qui tend le pamphlet |
| Armelle Bonnot | ... | La suivante de la Reine |
| François Brincourt | ||
| Terence Budd | ... | Louis XVI |
| Michèle Cahier | ... | Une couturière |
| Geoffrey Carey | ... | Un invité du bal noir |
| Constance Chapman | ... | La nourrice |
| Lyne Chardonnet | ... | Une invitée du bal noir |
| Thérèse Crémieux | ||
| Rosemarie Dunham | ... | Marquise de Boulainvilliers |
| Christopher Ellison | ... | Maximilien de Robespierre |
| Agnès Evein | ... | La bergère au hameau du Trianon |
| Huguette Faget | ... | Une dame de la cour |
| Corinne Fischer | ... | Une couturière |
| Gregory Floy | ... | Cardinal de Rohan |
| David Gabison | ... | L'accoucheur |
| Steve Gadler | ... | Un soldat insolent |
| Gary Granville | ||
 | Vincent Grass | ... | Un soldat insolent |
| Jeffrey Kime | ... | L'importun au bal royal |
| Sue Lloyd | ... | Comtesse Gabrielle de Polignac |
| Caroline Loeb | ||
| Mike Marshall | ... | Nicolas de la Motte |
| Claire Maubert | ||
| Jacques Maury | ... | Le baron de Breteuil |
| Timothy Morand | ... | Un ivrogne |
| Michael Osborne | ... | Bernard Chatelet, Rosalie's Lover |
| Mario Pecqueur | ||
| Michael Petrovitch | ... | Charles-Alexandre de Calonne |
| Olivier Pierre | ||
| Dane Porret | ... | M. Léonard, le coiffeur (as Daniel Porret) |
| John Charles Sabain | ||
| James Schuman | ||
| Angela Thorne | ... | Mme Bertin, the Queen's Dressmaker |
| John Tordoff | ||
| Denis Trindler | ||
| Dominique Varda | ... | Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun |
| Monique Vermeer | ||
| Robin Whitecross | ... | Une couturière |
| Sandy Whitelaw | ... | Un invité au bal noir |
| Georges Wilson | ... | M. de Bouillé, French Guard General |
 | Lambert Wilson | ... | Un soldat insolent |
| Sylvia Zerbib | ... | Une couturière |
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Also Known As:
Berusaiyu no bara (Japan)
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124 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Remake of "Berusaiyu no bara" (1979) more
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To correct some inaccuracies in the above review, the anime "Rose of Versailles" came before "Lady Oscar," not afterward, and it was not targeted towards children. "Lady Oscar" is primarily based on the manga "Rose of Versailles" by Riyoko Ikeda, although it contains several plot differences from either anime or manga. The so-called "historical clichés" and the feminism the above reviewer cites are part of Ikeda's story and have nothing to do with the director of "Lady Oscar." I found the movie slightly disappointing in its variations from the anime and manga, but overall I liked it. It was nice to see the story of Lady Oscar presented in English, and I enjoyed seeing European actors filling the roles. Oscar's character differs greatly from her personality in the anime, but I found her much more personable in "Lady Oscar." I was disappointed, however, in the portrayal of Marie Antoinette as she was wholly flaky and unlikeable in "Lady Oscar" and lacked all the redeeming qualities she possessed in the anime. Also, the film overlooks the close nature of her relationship with Oscar as portrayed in Ikeda's manga.