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6.1/10   179 votes
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Director:

Jacques Demy

Writers:

Jacques Demy (adaptation)
Jacques Demy (screenplay)
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Release Date:

3 March 1979 (Japan) more

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance 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

User Comments:

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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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Berusaiyu no bara (Japan)
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Runtime:

124 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:T | France:U

Company:

Kitty Films more


Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Berusaiyu no bara" (1979) more


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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Intriguing, but not as good as the anime, 19 May 2006
8/10
Author: Susanna (susanna@saint-just.net) from United States

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.

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