Lady Oscar

Lady Oscar

124 mins | Drama, Romance, History | March 3, 1979

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.

Lady Oscar

124 mins | Drama, Romance, History | March 3, 1979

Lady Oscar
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Kitty Films, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shiseido Co. Ltd.
Original title Lady Oscar
Directors Jacques Demy
Writers Riyoko Ikeda, Patricia Louisianna Knop, Jacques Demy

Cast

Catriona MacColl

as Oscar François de Jarjayes

Barry Stokes

as André Grandier

Jonas Bergström

as Hans Axel von Fersen

Christine Böhm

as Marie Antoinette

Terence Budd

as Louis XVI

Patsy Kensit

as young Oscar François de Jarjayes

Mark Kingston

as Général de Jarjayes

Georges Wilson

as M. de Bouillé, French Guard General

Martin Potter

as Comte de Giraudet, Oscar's Fiancé

Sue Lloyd

as Comtesse Gabrielle de Polignac

Anouska Hempel

as Jeanne Vallois / Jeanne de la Motte

Mike Marshall

as Nicolas de la Motte

Christopher Ellison

as Maximilien de Robespierre

Constance Chapman

as La nourrice

Gregory Floy

as Cardinal de Rohan

Shelagh McLeod

as Rosalie Vallois

Michael Osborne

as Bernard Chatelet, Rosalie's Lover

Angela Thorne

as Mme Bertin, the Queen's Dressmaker

Paul Spurrier

as Louis Joseph

Rose Mary Dunham

as Marquise de Boulainvilliers

Nicholas Amer

as M. De Chantilly, the pistol duelist

Jean Boissery

as Le soldat qui tend le pamphlet

Armelle Bonnot

as La suivante de la Reine

Andrew Bagley

as André as a child

Michèle Cahier

as Une couturière

Patrick Floersheim

as Oscar's sword adversaire in tavern

David Gabison

as L'accoucheur

Steve Gadler

as Un soldat insolent

Vincent Grass

as Un soldat insolent

Consuelo De Haviland

as Oscar's pair at the Black Ball

Jeffrey Kime

as L'importun au bal royal

Jacques Maury

as Le baron de Breteuil

Timothy Morand

as Un ivrogne

Michael Petrovitch

as Charles-Alexandre de Calonne

Dane Porret

as M. Léonard, le coiffeur

Dominique Varda

as Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun

Robin Whitecross

as Une couturière

Sandy Whitelaw

as Un invité au bal noir

Lambert Wilson

as Un soldat insolent

Sylvia Zerbib

as Une couturière