Camille (1984) ( Hallmark Hall of Fame: Camille )

Camille (1984) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame: Camille
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1984 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Desmond Davis

Written By:
Alexandre Dumas fils
Blanche Hanalis

Actors:
Greta Scacchi ..... Marguerite Gautier
Colin Firth ..... Armand Duval
John Gielgud ..... Duke de Charles
Billie Whitelaw ..... Prudence Duvorney
Patrick Ryecart ..... Gaston Daudet
Denholm Elliott ..... Count de Noilly
Ben Kingsley ..... Duval
Lila Kaye ..... Nanine
Rachel Kempson ..... Hortense
Ronald Pickup ..... Jean
Julie Dawn Cole ..... Julie
Natalie Ogle ..... Blanche
Nicholas Hawtrey ..... Servant
Richard Beale ..... Farmer
Cazz Scattergood ..... Mimi

Synopsis:

Alexandre Dumas fis first dramatized his own novel La Dame aux Camelias in 1852. Before the century was out, the work had been transformed by Giuseppe Verdi into the opera La Traviata; before the next century was out, the Dumas book had been made into no fewer than 25 films. The 1984 TV-movie adaptation, titled Camille like most of the others including the first film, way back in 1907, stars Greta Schacchi as Marguerite, the popular Parisian courtesan who is wooed by innocent young Armand Colin Firth. She is willing to give up her libertine lifestyle for Armand, but is gently convinced by the boy's father John Gielgud that such a union would be impossible. She renounces Armand, but he returns to her side, just as she is dying of consumption. Blanche Hanalis' adaptation of the Dumas novel takes a franker approach to the subject matter than the more familiar 1937 filmization with that other Greta Garbo, and also manages to insert a soupcon of feminism. Filmed in Paris, the 1984 Camille was originally offered as a Hallmark Hall of Fame special.

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.

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