''The Lady Banker'' (1980) (original French title '), is a French drama film directed by

Francis Girod Francis Girod (9 October 1944 – 19 November 2006) was a French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His film '' L'enfance de l'art'' was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. In 1994 h ...

, written by Georges Conchon and Francis Girod, starring Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier,

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, Daniel Auteuil and Thierry Lhermitte; the music is by

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Cast

* Romy Schneider as Emma Eckhert * Marie-France Pisier as Colette Lecoudray *

as Largué *

as Paul Cisterne * Jean Carmet as Duvernet * Jean-Louis Trintignant as Horace Vannister *

Jacques Fabbri Jacques Fabbri (4 July 1925 – 24 December 1997) was a French actor. He began his acting career in 1949, and acted in about 50 films. Selected filmography * ''Rendezvous in July'' (1949) - Bernard * ''The Girl from Maxim's (1950 film), The ...

as Moïse Nathanson *

Daniel Mesguich Daniel Mesguich (born 15 July 1952) is a French actor and director in theater and opera, and professor of stage acting school. Biography In 1970, he was admitted into the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, after which he opened ...

as Rémy Lecoudray * Noëlle Chatelet as Camille Sowcroft * Daniel Auteuil as Duclaux * Thierry Lhermitte as Devoluy * Alan Adair as Sir Charles *

François-Régis Bastide François-Régis Bastide (; 1 July 1926; Biarritz – 16 April 1996; Paris) was a French writer, diplomat, politician, and radio host. Early life Bastide was born in Biarritz in the French Basque Country on 1 July 1926 and attended school in Bayonn ...

as Le ministre de la Justice *

Arnaud Boisseau Arnaud may refer to: People * Arnaud (given name) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the German given name Arnold * Arnaud (surname) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the name Arnold * Arnauld family, a noble French f ...

as Armand * Yves Brainville as Prefaille

Release

The film opened 27 August 1980 on 16 screens in Paris and 12 suburban theatres and grossed $857,800 in its opening week. The film was entered in four categories at the

6th César Awards The 6th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1980 and took place on 31 January 1981 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Yves Montan ...

in 1981 but lost them all to ''

The Last Metro ''The Last Metro'' (french: Le Dernier Métro) is a 1980 historical drama film, written and directed by François Truffaut, that stars Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu. Opening in 1942 during the German occupation of France, it follows th ...

''. The story was inspired by the French woman banker

Marthe Hanau Marthe Hanau (1890 – 19 July 1935) was a Frenchwoman who successfully defrauded French financial markets in the 1920s and the 1930s. Early life Marthe Hanau was born in Lille to the family of a Jewish industrialist. She married and later di ...

."Marthe Hanau, la banquière des années folles (1886–1935)"
by Stéphanie Bee, 11 January 2010

References

External links

* 1980 films 1980 LGBT-related films French drama films French LGBT-related films LGBT-related films based on actual events Films directed by Francis Girod Films set in the 1920s Lesbian-related films Police detective films Stock trading films LGBT-related drama films 1980 drama films Films à clef 1980s French films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub