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Lady L is an elegant, elderly lady who recalls the past loves and lusty adventures she has lived through.Lady L is an elegant, elderly lady who recalls the past loves and lusty adventures she has lived through.Lady L is an elegant, elderly lady who recalls the past loves and lusty adventures she has lived through.
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5.5/10
1.2K
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- Director
- Writers
- Romain Gary(novel "Lady L")
- Peter Ustinov
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Romain Gary(novel "Lady L")
- Peter Ustinov
- Stars
Marcel Dalio
- Sapper
- (as Dalio)
Sacha Pitoëff
- Bomb-throwing revolutionary
- (as Sacha Pitoeff)
- Director
- Writers
- Romain Gary(novel "Lady L")
- Peter Ustinov
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMore than thirty years after this movie's release, writer and director Sir Peter Ustinov reflected that the romantic aspects of the story hadn't really worked, because Sophia Loren and Paul Newman strongly disliked each other.
- Quotes
Dicky, Lord Lendale: I deliberately led you to temptation. But then, after all, I am a Duke. You know what that means. My family started stealing earlier than most others, that's all.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with MGM's 1956-57 logo.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Preview: Episode #1.2 (1966)
Review
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S is for Sophia, L is for Lady.
Shortly after winning her 1961 Oscar for her harrowing portrayal of a woman struggling to protect her daughter from the ravages of war-torn occupied Italy during the Second World War (some closest to Loren insist the film is semi-autobiographical) in "Two Women", Loren ably demonstrated to the critics of the world that she could not only handsomely dress a set but could be a force to reckon with as a serious actress. That being said, she was off to the races, figuratively speaking, selecting her next projects, again, "ably" assisted by her producer husband Carlo Ponti ("Doctor Zhivago"). It's not too surprising that she would choose a film in a lighter more comedic vein, for, just as every comic longs to play Shakespeare, every serious actor enjoys slipping on a banana peel every now and then. The ever versatile Peter Ustinov (two time Oscar winner, "Spartacus", "Topkapi") wrote and directed, adapting Romain Gary's novel to the screen with characteristic flare and panache, and, has a minor stint in the film as a befuddled crowned head of some remote principality or other, the target of a would-be assassin's bullet that of her anarchist husband Paul Newman (also, an Oscar winner, "The Color of Money"), and, wooed and romanced by her all too understanding entitled affluent husband (yep, you guessed it, yet another Oscar winner, "Separate Tables") David Niven. Personally, I'm a sucker for sumptuous elegant films and "Lady L" is mounted on fairly lavish scale, albeit, those exteriors and interiors which were obviously filmed on locations elsewhere, as well as, period costumes which are both stunning and ravishing to gawk at especially as worn by the curvaceous Loren.
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- nibiruorr
- Jun 28, 2014
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- Also known as
- Macera kadını
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- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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