# Chanel Solitaire
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{{short description|1981 film by George Kaczender}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Chanel Solitaire
| image = Chanel Solitaire.jpg
| caption = French poster
| director = [George Kaczender](/source/George_Kaczender)
| producer = [Éric Rochat](/source/%C3%89ric_Rochat)
Larry G. Spangler
| writer = [Julian More](/source/Julian_More)
| based_on = ''Chanel Solitaire'' by [Claude Delay](/source/Claude_Delay)
| narrator =
| starring = [Marie-France Pisier](/source/Marie-France_Pisier)
[Timothy Dalton](/source/Timothy_Dalton)
[Rutger Hauer](/source/Rutger_Hauer)
[Karen Black](/source/Karen_Black)
| music = [Jean Musy](/source/Jean_Musy)
| cinematography = [Ricardo Aronovich](/source/Ricardo_Aronovich)
| editing = [Georges Klotz](/source/Georges_Klotz)
| studio =Eurocitel
Larry Spangler Productions
Gardenia Films
| distributor =Sunset Distribution
United Film Distribution Company
| released ={{Film date|1981|10|16|New York|1983|10|12|France|df=y}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = France
United Kingdom
United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''Chanel Solitaire''''' is a 1981 British-[French](/source/France)-American [historical](/source/historical_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [George Kaczender](/source/George_Kaczender) and starring [Marie-France Pisier](/source/Marie-France_Pisier), [Timothy Dalton](/source/Timothy_Dalton), [Rutger Hauer](/source/Rutger_Hauer), [Brigitte Fossey](/source/Brigitte_Fossey), [Karen Black](/source/Karen_Black), [Lambert Wilson](/source/Lambert_Wilson). The film's subject was [Coco Chanel](/source/Coco_Chanel).[Brown & Vidal p.177] Its budget was around £7 million.[{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|page=20|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s – An Information Briefing|publisher=British Film Institute|date=2005}}] The film was based on the novel of the same title by [Claude Delay](/source/Claude_Delay).[Goble p.137] It was shot at the [Billancourt Studios](/source/Billancourt_Studios) and [location shooting](/source/location_shooting) in [Deauville](/source/Deauville) and [Le Meux](/source/Le_Meux). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Jacques Saulnier](/source/Jacques_Saulnier).
== Cast ==
* [Marie-France Pisier](/source/Marie-France_Pisier) as [Coco Chanel](/source/Coco_Chanel)
* [Timothy Dalton](/source/Timothy_Dalton) as [Boy Capel](/source/Boy_Capel)
* [Rutger Hauer](/source/Rutger_Hauer) as [Étienne Balsan](/source/%C3%89tienne_Balsan)
* [Karen Black](/source/Karen_Black) as [Émilienne d'Alençon](/source/%C3%89milienne_d'Alen%C3%A7on)
* [Brigitte Fossey](/source/Brigitte_Fossey) as Adrienne
* [Leila Fréchet](/source/Leila_Fr%C3%A9chet) as Young Coco Chanel
* [Philippe Nicaud](/source/Philippe_Nicaud) as Gabrielle's Father
* [Alexandra Stewart](/source/Alexandra_Stewart) as Nathalie
* [Catherine Allégret](/source/Catherine_All%C3%A9gret) as Gabrielle's Friend
* [Hélène Vallier](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Vallier) as Aunt Louise
* [Jean-Marie Proslier](/source/Jean-Marie_Proslier) as Poiret
* [Nicole Maurey](/source/Nicole_Maurey) as Grande Dame
* [Humbert Balsan](/source/Humbert_Balsan)as Robert
* [Catherine Alcover](/source/Catherine_Alcover) as Lady
* [Albert Augier](/source/Albert_Augier) as Headwaiter
* [Corine Blue](/source/Corine_Blue) as Young Woman
* [Lyne Chardonnet](/source/Lyne_Chardonnet) as Young Nun
* [Yvonne Dany](/source/Yvonne_Dany) as Woman I
* [Isabelle Duby](/source/Isabelle_Duby) as Leon's Girlfriend
* [Huguette Faget](/source/Huguette_Faget) as Woman II
* [Louise Vincent](/source/Louise_Vincent) as Matron
* [David Gabison](/source/David_Gabison) as Priest
* [Louba Guertchikoff](/source/Louba_Guertchikoff) as Woman III
* [Philippe Mareuil](/source/Philippe_Mareuil) as Supervisor
*[Jean-Gabriel Nordmann](/source/Jean-Gabriel_Nordmann) as Boy's Secretary
* [Lionel Rocheman](/source/Lionel_Rocheman) as Tailor
* [Violetta Sanchez](/source/Violetta_Sanchez) as Blandine
* [Jimmy Shuman](/source/Jimmy_Shuman) as Voice at La Rotonde
* [Jean Valmont](/source/Jean_Valmont) as Fat Man
* [Sylvia Zerbib](/source/Sylvia_Zerbib) as Young Maid
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Brown, Tom & Vidal, Belén. ''The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture''. Routledge, 2013.
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
==External links==
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