Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.1/10   

Director:

Robert Bolt

Guionista:

Robert Bolt (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 diciembre 1973 (Sweden)

Género:

Drama | Historia | Romance

Plot:

A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron. |

Plot Keywords:

Lord Byron | Lord | Extramarital Affair | Costume Party | Gambling

Premios:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

George And Caro

Reparto

Sarah Miles	...	Lady Caroline Lamb
Jon Finch	...	William Lamb
Richard Chamberlain	...	Lord Byron
John Mills	...	Canning
Margaret Leighton	...	Lady Melbourne
Pamela Brown	...	Lady Bessborough
Silvia Monti	...	Miss Millbanke
Ralph Richardson	...	King George IV
Laurence Olivier	...	Duke of Wellington
Caterina Boratto
Peter Bull	...	Minister
Charles Carson	...	Potter
Sonia Dresdel	...	Lady Pont
Nicholas Field	...	St. John
Felicity Gibson	...	Girl in Blue

También conocida como:

Peccato d'amore (Italy)

Duración:

123 min

País:

UK | Italy

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Australia:M (alternate rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | USA:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Brocket Hall, Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Compañía:

G.E.C.

Trivialidades:

The last cinema film of Michael Wilding.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The Films of Robert Bolt (1972)

George And Caro

Screenwriter Robert Bolt who wrote such great work for David Lean in Ryan's Daughter, Doctor Zhivago, and Lawrence of Arabia and for Fred Zinnemann in A Man For All Seasons, tried his one and only hand at directing in Lady Caroline Lamb. The problem was that screenwriter Bolt was done wrong by director Bolt. Especially let down was Bolt's then wife Sarah Miles.

Miles who when directed by David Lean in Ryan's Daughter turned in such a spirited performance, was not given the same inspiration for Lady Caroline Lamb. Whatever else Caroline Lamb was she was not dull to be around. Miles does all right, but the rest of the cast just seems to walk through the parts, even the two guys playing the men in her life, Richard Chamberlain as Lord Byron and Jon Finch as William Lamb the future Lord Melbourne and Prime Minister of Great Britain.

I think these guys and the rest of the cast knew this was a vehicle for Miles the minute they walked on set and performed accordingly. Even Sir Laurence Olivier as the Duke of Wellington is strangely lifeless. Of course after seeing Christopher Plummer as the perfect Wellington in Waterloo, I'm kind of spoiled.

In real life Melbourne was hardly an injured party. He had a couple of other scandals attached to his name that had nothing to do with Lady Caroline. He never let the grass grow under his feet. Byron was notorious all over Europe for bedding everything in skirts within reach. It's likely he did want to call it a day with Caro, but probably because she was crazier than him.

Still the escapades of George and Caro titillated all of Georgian Great Britain, but they don't move the audience a bit here.