Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Robert Bolt

Writer:

Robert Bolt (writer)

Release Date:

25 December 1973 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | History | 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

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 nomination

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Peccato d'amore (Italy)

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

UK | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

G.E.C.

Trivia:

Robert Bolt originally wanted longtime collaborator David Lean to direct this project from the screenplay that he penned. However, Lean was not interested and Bolt directed himself.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Films of Robert Bolt (1972)

Laurence Olivier as Lord wellington makes the movie!!

Boy, can women make fools over themselves and over such a cute little boy as Lord Byron!!! Lord Lamb is made to look a lamb indeed, as he continually forgives his neurotic/crazy wife for affairs that other women, including his own mother, have left and right but with discretion!! It reminded me of the hooraw over poor Pres. Clinton and his dalliance with the hooker/I mean aide, and the hypocritical rantings of Newt Gingrich who was doing the same thing all the time,.....but DISCREETLY. My goodness, aren't we just like the English!!! Since I don't really know the history, other than that the Brittannica says that she made a scene at some Lady's party...boy, did she ever!!! cutting her wrists and bleeding all over everybody's ball gowns. The mother, former mistress of George IV is quite intelligent and not half-bad. I loved all the costumes and the histrionics myself. Just to look at all those palatial estates was worth the price of the movie!!

And of course, Olivier is different in every movie! How I miss him!