Lady Oscar
Lady Oscar
Release: 1979-03-03
·Runtime: 124m
·★ 5.6
History
Drama
Romance
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.
Production Countries
France
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Shiseido Co. Ltd.
Kitty Films
Ciné-Tamaris
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Constance Chapman
as La nourrice
Michael Petrovitch
as Charles-Alexandre de Calonne
Barry Stokes
as André Grandier
Martin Potter
as Comte de Giraudet, Oscar's Fiancé
Christopher Ellison
as Maximilien de Robespierre
Gregory Floy
as Cardinal de Rohan
Consuelo De Haviland
as Oscar's pair at the Black Ball
Jacques Maury
as Le baron de Breteuil
Patsy Kensit
as young Oscar François de Jarjayes
Mark Kingston
as Général de Jarjayes
Georges Wilson
as M. de Bouillé, French Guard General
Mike Marshall
as Nicolas de la Motte
Vincent Grass
as Un soldat insolent
Anouska Hempel
as Jeanne Vallois / Jeanne de la Motte
Paul Spurrier
as Louis Joseph
Sandy Whitelaw
as Un invité au bal noir
Lambert Wilson
as Un soldat insolent
Sylvia Zerbib
as Une couturière
Christine Böhm
as Marie Antoinette
Shelagh McLeod
as Rosalie Vallois
David Gabison
as L'accoucheur
Caroline Loeb
Catriona MacColl
as Oscar François de Jarjayes
Jonas Bergström
as Hans Axel von Fersen
Patrick Floersheim
as Oscar's sword adversaire in tavern
John Tordoff
Sue Lloyd
as Comtesse Gabrielle de Polignac
Angela Thorne
as Mme Bertin, the Queen's Dressmaker
Mario Pecqueur
Patrick Allen
