Lady Oscar
1979 · Movie · 124 min. · France
When his wife dies in childbirth, a proud aristocrat refuses to accept that his new offspring is a girl. He names her Oscar and brings her up as a boy, sharing her childhood with André, the son of a domestic servant. Twenty years later, the Lady Oscar gains the position as personal guard to the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, whilst André works in the royal stables. At the royal court, Oscar gains many admirers, to the chagrin of André, who is hopelessly in love with her. Oscar insists that she and André belong to different worlds, but then André enlightens her that her world is about to disappear, swept aside by a national revolution... Based on the manga comic "Rose of Versailles" by Riyoko Ikeda.
Direction Jacques Demy
Cast Catriona MacColl · Barry Stokes · Christine Böhm · Jonas Bergström · Mark Kingston · Martin Potter · Nicolas Amer · Patrick Floersheim · Patsy Kensit · Andrew Bagley · Cadine Constan · Anouska Hempel · Shelagh McLeod · Georges Wilson · Lambert Wilson
Soundtrack Michel Legrand
Screenplay Jacques Demy · Patricia Louisianna Knop · Riyoko Ikeda
Cinematography Jean Penzer
Original title Lady Oscar
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134 votes (FilmAffinity)
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