兰黛夫人 (1965)

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Lady L is a 1965 comedy film based on the novel by Romain Gary and directed by Peter Ustinov. Starring Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven and Cecil Parker, the film focuses on an elderly English Duchess as she recalls the loves of her life, including an anarchist and an English aristocrat. The ending of the film is very different from the ending of the novel.

Production

MGM spent $2 million on pre-production for the film before cancelling the project.

It was later restarted as an international co-production between France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Castle Howard in Yorkshire was used for the shooting of some scenes. Interiors were shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice.

In a 24 January 1965 article in The New York Times, headlined "At Home with Lady L", Ustinov and the cast discuss various aspects of the production, while filming in France. Ustinov explains that one of reasons for the years-long delay in bringing the story to the screen was the grim ending. "On paper, this scene, the book's climax, has the proper macabre touch", Ustinov says, but it was feared that theater audiences would burst out laughing.

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