BASED ON: "THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS" by ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Dumas fils, Alexandre. La Dame aux camelias. Paris, 1848.
Dumas fils, Alexandre. La Dame aux camelias; novel, translated in English with an introduction and notes by David Coward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 215 pages.
Dumas, Alexandre. Dame aux camelias (Play). Paris: Calmann Levy, 1895. 136 pages.

RELEASE DATES:

USA - 11 December 1984

RUN TIME:

100 Minutes

AKA:

Die Dame mit den Kamelien - West Germany
Kamelianainen - Finland
La Dama de las camelias - Venezuela

FILMING LOCATIONS:

Paris, France

DIRECTOR: Desmond Davis

WRITER: Blanche Hanalis

PRODUCER: Norman Rosemont

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Guy Delattre, Jean Tournier

Cast - in credits order
Greta Scacchi ... Marguerite Gautier
Colin Firth ... Armand Duval
John Gielgud ... Duke de Charles
Billie Whitelaw ... Prudence Duvorney
Patrick Ryecart ... Gaston Daudet
Denholm Elliott ... Count de Noilly
Ben Kingsley ... Duval
Lila Kaye ... Nanine
Rachel Kempson ... Hortense
Ronald Pickup ... Jean
Julie Dawn Cole ... Julie
Natalie Ogle ... Blanche Duval
Nicholas Hawtrey ... Servant
Richard Beale ... Farmer
Cazz Scattergood ... Mimi
Joanne James ... Cleo
Bertie Cortez ... Concierge
Garrick Maul ... Hotel Clerk
Kathy Staff ... Flower Lady
Andre Raffard ... Caretaker
Norman Stokle ... Jacques
Michel Motu ... Vidal
Maurice Teynac ... Joseph
William Morgan Sheppard ... Captain
Peter Hudson
O.A. Christie ... 1st Critic
Christian Ericson ... 2nd critic
Godfrey James ... Gautier
Caryle Cline ... Madame Borday
Shelagh McLeod ... Nicole
Production Companies
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Rosemont Productions Limited

Distributors
Alvorada Vídeo (Brazil) (video)

Technical Specifications
Color info: Color
Sound mix: Mono
Negative format: 35 mm
Process: Spherical
Printed format: 35 mm
Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1

MUSIC:

SYNOPSIS: Camille (Greta Scacchi) is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval (Colin Firth). When Armand's father (Ben Kingsley) begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
 

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