Themes: Sexual Awakening, Scandals and Cover-Ups, Infidelity
Main Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Shane Briant, Nicholas Clay, Ann Mitchell, Elizabeth Spriggs
Release Year: 1981
Country: UK/FR
Run Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
The once-notorious D. H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterly's Lover seemed like kid stuff by the time this 1981 adaptation hit the screens. To pep up Lawrence's tale of an aristocratic woman who conducts an affair with her earthy gamekeeper, soft-core porn specialist Just Jaeckin attempted to convert the material into Emmanuelle Goes to England. To this end, Jaeckin utilized the undraped talents of his Emmanuelle star Sylvia Kristel, who behaves more like a saloon hall gal than the mistress of an 18th-century manor. Lady Sylvia--er, Lady Chatterly--can't get no satisfaction from her paralyzed spouse, so she dallies with low-born Nicholas Clay. As in most other Just Jaeckin films, the production values and photography are exquisite, the dialogue and acting less so. An earlier, more sedate version of Lady Chatterly's Lover was filmed in France in 1959, with Danielle Darrieux and Erno Crisa in the leads. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Peter Bennett - Butler; Anthony Head - Anton; Bessie Love - Flora; Ryan Michael - Gigolo; Frank Morey - Priest; Pascale Ridault - Hilda; John Tynan - Roberts; Mark Colleano - Gigolo
Credit
Shirley Russell - Costume Designer, Just Jaeckin - Director, Yoram Globus - Executive Producer, Menahem Golan - Executive Producer, Richard Harvey - Composer (Music Score), Stanley Myers - Composer (Music Score), Anton Furst - Production Designer, Robert Fraisse - Cinematographer, André Djaoui - Producer, Christopher Pearce - Producer, Marc Behm - Screenwriter, Just Jaeckin - Screenwriter, Christopher Wicking - Screenwriter, D.H. Lawrence - Book Author
