---
title: 'Quartet (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Ivory'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/quartet-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082964/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Quartet (1981)

1981 · 101 min · Drama · United Kingdom, France


## Synopsis

Quartet is a 1981 period drama film directed by James Ivory from a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on the 1928 novel by Jean Rhys. The film stars Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani and Anthony Higgins, and is set in 1927 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Humbert Balsan](https://cinepixo.com/people/humbert-balsan)
- **Director:** [James Ivory](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ivory)
- **Screenplay:** [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-prawer-jhabvala)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-robbins)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pierre Lhomme](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-lhomme)
- **Editor:** [Humphrey Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/humphrey-dixon)

## Cast

- [Suzanne Flon](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzanne-flon)
- [Pierre Clémenti](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-clementi)
- [Muriel Montossey](https://cinepixo.com/people/muriel-montossey)
- [Daniel Mesguich](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mesguich)
- [Jean-Pierre Dravel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-dravel)
- [François Viaur](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-viaur)
- [Michel Such](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-such)
- [Bernice Stegers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernice-stegers)
- [Isabelle Adjani](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-adjani)
- [Alan Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-bates)
- [Monique Mauclair](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-mauclair)
- [Jean-Philippe Puymartin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-philippe-puymartin)
- [Serge Marquand](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-marquand)
- [Maggie Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-smith)
- [Daniel Chatto](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-chatto)

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