Lady L is a 1965 comedy film

Comedy film

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 based on the novel by Romain Gary

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 and directed by Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter...

. The film stars Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

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, Paul Newman

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, David Niven

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 and Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

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, and it focuses on an elderly Corsican lady recalls the loves of her life, including a Parisian aristocrat and an anarchist.

Production

The film was a co-production between France

France

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, Italy

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 and the United Kingdom

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. Castle Howard

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 in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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 was used for the shooting of some scenes.

Cast

• Sophia Loren
  Sophia Loren
  Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance...
  
   as Lady Louise Lendale / Lady L
• Paul Newman
  Paul Newman
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   as Armand Denis
• David Niven
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   as Dicky, Lord Lendale
• Marcel Dalio
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   as Sapper
• Cecil Parker
  Cecil Parker
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   as Sir Percy
• Philippe Noiret
  Philippe Noiret
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   as Ambroise Gérôme
• Jacques Dufilho
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   Dufilho as Bealu
• Eugene Deckers
  Eugene Deckers
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   as Koenigstein
• Daniel Emilfork
  Daniel Emilfork
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   as Kobeleff
• Hella Petri as Madam
• Jean Wiener
  Jean Wiener
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   as Krajewski
• Roger Trapp as L'inspecteur de police Dubaron
• Jean Rupert
• Joe Dassin
  Joe Dassin
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   as Un inspecteur de police
• Jacques Legras as Un inspecteur de police
• Mario Feliciani as L'anarchiste italien
• Sacha Pitoëff
  Sacha Pitoëff
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   as Bomb-throwing revolutionary
• Arthur Howard
  Arthur Howard
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   as Butler
• Dorothy Reynolds
• Jacques Ciron
• Hazel Hughes
• Michel Piccolii as Lecoeur
• Claude Dauphin
  Claude Dauphin (actor)
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   as Inspector Mercier
• Catherine Allégret
  Catherine Allégret
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   as Pantoufle
• France Arnel as Brunette
• Dorothée Blank as Blonde girl
• Jean-Paul Cauvin as The Little Orphan
• Lo Ann Chan as Chinese girl
• Sylvain Levignac
• Laurence Lignières as High society girl
• Tanya Lopert as Agneau
• Moustache as Delcour
• Jenny Orléans as Blonde girl
• Peter Ustinov
  Peter Ustinov
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  as Prince Otto of Bavaria