Often filmed, the earliest version of Dumas Fils novella was made into film in 1907 as The Lady with the Camellias.
The role of Marguerite Gautier was originally offered to Brooke Shields. She turned it down because she felt the pre-production schedule was too rushed, without sufficient time to get the period costumes and other design elements right.
Billie Whitelaw, seen here as Prudence Duvorney, had herself played the focal role of Marguerite in The Lady of the Camellias (1964), a BBC-TV adaption of the Alexandre Dumas fils source novel of ''Camille''.
The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Colin Firth, John Gielgud, Ben Kingsley; and one Oscar nominee: Denholm Elliott.