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1980 French film
The Lady Banker
Directed byFrancis Girod
Written byGeorges Conchon
Produced byAriel Zeitoun
Starring
CinematographyBernard Zitzermann
Edited byGeneviève Winding
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
  • Partners Productions
  • France Régions 3
  • Gaumont
  • Société Française de Production
Distributed byGaumont Distribution
Release date
  • 27 August 1980 (1980-08-27)
Running time131 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Lady Banker (1980) (original French title La Banquière), is a French drama film directed by Francis Girod, written by Georges Conchon and Francis Girod, starring Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Daniel Auteuil and Thierry Lhermitte; the music is by Ennio Morricone.

Cast

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 in 1981 but lost them all to The Last Metro.

The story was inspired by the French woman banker Marthe Hanau.

References

  1. "'Banker' Scores Big In Paris With Boff $858G Preem Week". Variety. 10 September 1980. p. 51. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via Archive.org.
  2. "Marthe Hanau, la banquière des années folles (1886–1935)" Archived 2014-02-15 at the Wayback Machine by Stéphanie Bee, 11 January 2010 (in French)

External links

Films directed by Francis Girod


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