Lady Oscar (film)
Lady Oscar (Japanese: ベルサイユのばら Hepburn: Berusaiyu no bara, "The Rose of Versailles") is a 1979 English-language romantic period drama film, based on the manga The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda. The film was written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music composed by his regular collaborator Michel Legrand. The Japanese-French co-production was produced by Mataichiro Yamamoto for Kitty Films, Nippon TV, Toho, and Ciné Tamaris, and was filmed on location in France.
| Lady Oscar | |
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International release poster | |
| Directed by | Jacques Demy |
| Screenplay by | Patricia Louisianna Knop |
| Story by | Jacques Demy Patricia Louisianna Knop |
| Based on | The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda |
| Produced by | Mataichiro Yamamoto |
| Starring | Catriona MacColl Barry Stokes Christine Böhm Jonas Bergström |
| Cinematography | Jean Penzer |
| Edited by | Paul Davies |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
Release dates | March 3, 1979 (Japan) April 26, 1980 (France) |
Running time | 124 minutes |
| Countries | Japan France |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $220,000 |
Catriona MacColl stars as the eponymous Oscar François de Jarjayes, with Barry Stokes as her lover André Grandier, alongside Jonas Bergström, Christine Böhm, Mark Kingston, Georges Wilson, Sue Lloyd, Martin Potter, and Anouska Hempel. A young Lambert Wilson appears in a minor role.