---
title: 'Lady Oscar (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jacques Demy'
released: '1979-03-03'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lady-oscar-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077827/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lady Oscar (1979)

1979 · 124 min · Drama, Romance · France, Japan


## Synopsis

Lady Oscar is a 1979 romantic historical drama film, adapted from the 1972 Japanese manga The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda. It was directed by Jacques Demy and written by Demy and Patricia Louisianna Knop, with music from Demy's frequent collaborator Michel Legrand. The film stars Catriona MacColl as Oscar François de Jarjayes, a woman who serves as commander of the Royal Guards at the Palace of Versailles under Marie Antoinette.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jacques Demy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-demy)
- **Screenplay:** [Jacques Demy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-demy), [Patricia Louisianna Knop](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-louisianna-knop)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michel Legrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-legrand)
- **Producer:** [Mataichirō Yamamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/mataichiro-yamamoto)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Penzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-penzer)
- **Editor:** [Paul Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-davies)

## Cast

- [Angela Thorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-thorne) as Rose Bertin
- [Lambert Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lambert-wilson) as Cocky Soldier
- [Jacques Maury](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-maury-2) as baron de Breteuil
- [Andrew Bagley](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-bagley) as André Grandier
- [Nicholas Amer](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-amer) as M. de Chantilly
- [Christine Böhm](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-bohm) as Marie Antoinette
- [Catriona MacColl](https://cinepixo.com/people/catriona-maccoll) as Oscar François de Jarjayes
- [Lyne Catherine Jeanne Chardonnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyne-catherine-jeanne-chardonnet) as invitée au bal noir
- [Martin Potter](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-potter) as Count de Gerodere
- [Consuelo de Haviland](https://cinepixo.com/people/consuelo-de-haviland) as partenaire d'Oscar
- [Constance Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/constance-chapman) as Nanny
- [Christopher Ellison](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-ellison) as Maximilien Robespierre
- [Shelagh McLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelagh-mcleod) as Rosalie Lamorlière
- [Mike Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-marshall) as Nicholas de la Motte
- [Anouska Hempel](https://cinepixo.com/people/anouska-hempel) as Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/lady-oscar-1979
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