---
title: 'The Lady of the Camellias (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mauro Bolognini'
released: '1981-02-26'
runtime_minutes: 105
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lady-of-the-camellias-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082230/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lady of the Camellias (1981)

1981 · 105 min · Germany, France, Italy

Original title: La Dame aux camélias

## Synopsis

The Lady of the Camellias is a 1981 French-Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini and starring Isabelle Huppert. It tells the actual story of Alphonsine Plessis, who became a famous courtesan in Paris and the inspiration for the novel La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, which has in turn become the source for many plays, operas, ballets, and films.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mauro Bolognini](https://cinepixo.com/people/mauro-bolognini)
- **Screenplay:** [Mauro Bolognini](https://cinepixo.com/people/mauro-bolognini), [Enrico Medioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-medioli)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Producer:** [Margaret Menegoz](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-menegoz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ennio Guarnieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-guarnieri)
- **Editor:** [Nino Baragli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-baragli)

## Cast

- [Fabio Traversa](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabio-traversa)
- [Clara Colosimo](https://cinepixo.com/people/clara-colosimo)
- [Remo Remotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/remo-remotti)
- [Gian Maria Volonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-maria-volonte)
- [Isabelle Huppert](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-huppert)
- [Paola Borboni](https://cinepixo.com/people/paola-borboni)
- [Olga Karlatos](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-karlatos)
- [Bruno Ganz](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-ganz)
- [Fernando Rey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-rey)
- [Piero Vida](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-vida)
- [Laurent Terzieff](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-terzieff)
- [Carla Fracci](https://cinepixo.com/people/carla-fracci)
- [Fabrizio Bentivoglio](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabrizio-bentivoglio)
- [Mario Maranzana](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-maranzana)
- [Pascale Ogier](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascale-ogier)

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