The Romantic Englishwoman (Original title)Une Anglaise Romantique (Alternative title)
Dates: 1975 (Copyright), 08 February 1976 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, FranceDirected by: Joseph Losey
Synopsis: A 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.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Subjects: Drugs related offences, Infidelity, Writers, Women, 1970s
Releases
Date: 19 May 1975Country: FranceRelease type: FestivalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 116 mins Length: 10480 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 08 February 1976Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 116 mins 24 secs - Length: 10480 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Fox-Rank Film Distributors
Date: 13 June 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 111 mins 52 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Virgin Video Ltd
Dates: 1975 (Copyright), 08 February 1976 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, FranceDirected by: Joseph Losey
Synopsis: A 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.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Subjects: Drugs related offences, Infidelity, Writers, Women, 1970s
Releases
Date: 19 May 1975Country: FranceRelease type: FestivalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 116 mins Length: 10480 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 08 February 1976Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 116 mins 24 secs - Length: 10480 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Fox-Rank Film Distributors
Date: 13 June 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 111 mins 52 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Virgin Video Ltd
Credits
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©: National Film Trustee Company Ltd, Production Company: Dial Films, Production Company: Méric-Matalon, Presents: Daniel M. Angel, A Fox-Rank release: Fox-Rank Film Distributors, Produced by: Daniel M. Angel, Associate Producer: Richard F. Dalton, [1st] Assistant Director: Anthony Waye, [Assistant Director]: Yves Amoureux, [2nd Assistant Director]: Gerry Gavigan, [3rd Assistant Director]: Peter Waller, [Location Unit Director]: Terry Hodginkson, Continuity: Pamela Davies, Casting: Mary Selway, Screenplay by: Tom Stoppard, Thomas Wiseman, From the novel by: Thomas Wiseman, Director of Photography: Gerry Fisher, Camera Operator: Gerry Anstiss, [Stills]: Barrie Payne, Editor: Reginald Beck, Assistant Editor: Michael Ellis, Production Designer: Richard Macdonald, Assistant Art Director: Richard Rambaut, Production Buyer: Jill Quertier, Costume Designer: Ruth Myers, Helmut Berger's clothes supplied by: Yves Saint-Laurent, [Costume Designer for Glenda Jackson]: Alice Pollack, Costume Supervisor: Elsa Fennell, Make-up Artist: Bob Lawrence, Philip Leakey, Hairdresser: Anne Mcfadyen, Filmed with: Panavision Equipment, Processed by: Rank Film Laboratories, [Colour by]: Eastmancolor, Music Composed by: Richard Hartley, Music Conducted by: Richard Hartley, Music Arranged by: Richard Hartley, Sound Recordist: Peter Handford, Gerry Humphreys, Dubbing Editor: Peter Horrocks, [Foley (Editor)]: John Ireland
Cast
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Glenda Jackson (Elizabeth Fielding), Michael Caine (Lewis Fielding), Helmut Berger (Thomas Hursa), Michel Lonsdale (Swan), Béatrice Romand (Catherine), Kate Nelligan (Isabel), Nathalie Delon (Miranda), Rene Kolldehoff (Herman), Anna Steele (Annie), Marcus Richardson (David Fielding), Julie Peasgood (new nanny), Frankie Jordan (supermarket cashier), Tom Chatto (neighbour), Frances Tomelty (airport shop assistant), Lillias Walker (1st mealticket Lady), Doris Nolan (2nd mealticket Lady), Phil Brown (Mr Wilson), Marcella Markham (Mrs Wilson), Norman Scace (head waiter), Bill Wallis (Hendrik), David De Keyser (George), Margaret Rawlings ([distraught woman]), Julie Green ([1st stripper]), Yvonne Ocampo ([2nd stripper])