Lady Oscar
1979Oscar 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.
Acted in
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
Patrick Allen
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
François Brincourt
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
Gary Granville
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
Caroline Loeb
Claire Maubert
Jacques Maury
as Le baron de Breteuil
Timothy Morand
as Un ivrogne
Mario Pecqueur
Michael Petrovitch
as Charles-Alexandre de Calonne
Dane Porret
as M. Léonard, le coiffeur
John Charles Sabain
James Schuman
John Tordoff
Denis Trindler
Dominique Varda
as Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Monique Vermeer
Robin Whitecross
as Une couturière
Sandy Whitelaw
as Un invité au bal noir
Lambert Wilson
as Un soldat insolent
Sylvia Zerbib
as Une couturière