''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' (french: L'Amant de lady Chatterley) is a 1955 French drama film directed by

Marc Allégret Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Biography Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in ...

who co-wrote screenplay with

Philippe de Rothschild Philippe, Baron de Rothschild (13 April 1902 – 20 January 1988) was a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty who became a Grand Prix motor racing driver, a screenwriter and playwright, a theatrical producer, a film producer, a poet, and one ...

and Gaston Bonheur, based on the 1928 novel by

D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...

. In 1955, the film was banned in New York because it "promoted adultery", but it was released in 1959 after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision.

Cast

* Danielle Darrieux as Constance Chatterley * Erno Crisa as Oliver Mellors * Leo Genn as Sir Clifford Chatterley * Berthe Tissen as Mrs. Bolton * Janine Crispin as Hilda *

Jean Murat Jean Murat (13 July 1888, in Périgueux – 5 January 1968, in Aix-en-Provence) was a French actor. He was married to the French actress Annabella. Selected filmography * ''Sex'' (1920) * ''La Galerie des monstres'' (1924), as Sveti * '' Carme ...

as Baron Leslie Winter * Gérard Séty as Michaelis * Jacqueline Noëlle as Bertha Mellors

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* * * Films based on Lady Chatterley's Lover 1955 films French drama films 1955 drama films Films directed by Marc Allégret American black-and-white films Films set in England Films set in the 1920s Adultery in films Films scored by Joseph Kosma 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub

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