The Lady Banker

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

 * Romy Schneider as Emma Eckhert
 * Marie-France Pisier as Colette Lecoudray
 * Claude Brasseur as Largué
 * Jean-Claude Brialy as Paul Cisterne
 * Jean Carmet as Duvernet
 * Jean-Louis Trintignant as Horace Vannister
 * Jacques Fabbri as Moïse Nathanson
 * Daniel Mesguich as Rémy Lecoudray
 * Noëlle Chatelet as Camille Sowcroft
 * Daniel Auteuil as Duclaux
 * Thierry Lhermitte as Devoluy
 * Alan Adair as Sir Charles
 * François-Régis Bastide as Le ministre de la Justice
 * Arnaud Boisseau as Armand
 * Yves Brainville as Prefaille
 * Isabelle Sadoyan as Sister Hermance

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.