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- BFI identifier334906
- Date1975 (Copyright)
1976-02-08 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, France
- Production company
- SynopsisA bored Englishwoman, Elizabeth, on a whim, goes to Baden Baden. She meets a young man, Thomas, a drugdealer, and begins an affair with him. The affair continues even after she returns home to her husband, whom she eventually leaves and travels to the Mediterranean with Thomas. The latter however continues his activities in the drug trade, and as a gigolo. Thomas phones Elizabeth's husband to come and collect her, but the husband is followed by one of Thomas's drug contacts who has been looking for him. Thomas is led away by the drug contact and Elizabeth is taken back home by her husband. (Synopsis)
- Work historyUK theatrical release date unknown. France theatrical release date: 11 June 1975.
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- CastGlenda Jackson (Elizabeth Fielding)
Michael Caine (Lewis Fielding)
Helmut Berger (Thomas Hursa)
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Title
The Romantic Englishwoman (Original)
Une Anglaise Romantique (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/470C-2F64-6920-8BB3-987E-ICategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
16mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
16mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsMusic Cue Sheet (Special Collections) - MUS-1209
Script - Original story: Based on Wiseman's novel - SCR-15307
Script - Original story: Based on Wiseman's novel - SCR-15308
Script - Final shooting script by Tom Stoppardbased on a screenplay by Thomas Wiseman from his own novel, 1 October 1974 - SCR-51853
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-334906
Small pressbook held. Music cue sheet held. Information folder held. See Joseph LOSEY Collection (Item 22).
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: production - 3 sheets of photocopied continuity sketches - PD-21713
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-1007
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-1008
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-1009
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-21480
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1144352
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1144353
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1144354
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-16s
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-5wi
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Work - 334906 - 1975 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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