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| Le Dindon | |
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| Directed by | Claude Barma |
| Written by | Jacques Emmanuel |
| Based on | Le Dindon by Georges Feydeau |
| Produced by | Robert Dorfmann Fred Orain |
| Starring | Nadine Alari Jacqueline Pierreux Denise Provence |
| Cinematography | Jacques Mercanton |
| Edited by | Florence Manier |
| Music by | Gérard Calvi |
Production companies | Silver Films Armor Films |
| Distributed by | Les Films Corona |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Le Dindon is a 1951 French period comedy film directed by Claude Barma and starring Nadine Alari, Jacqueline Pierreux and Denise Provence.[1][2] It is an adaptation of Georges Feydeau's 1896 play Le Dindon.[3] It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Henri Schmitt.
Synopsis
[edit]In Paris during the Belle Epoque, Monsieur Pontagnac loves his wife but also has a wandering eye that gets him into trouble. This happens particularly when he becomes entangled with Lucienne Vatelin, the wife of a lawyer. A variety of other characters have various suspicions and intrigue and all gather at the same hotel with farcical results.
Cast
[edit]- Nadine Alari as Lucienne Vatelin, the notary's wife
- Jacqueline Pierreux as Armandine
- Denise Provence as Clotilde Pontagnac
- Gisèle Préville as Maggy Pacarel
- Jane Marken as Mrs Pinchard
- Louis Seigner as Mr Pinchard
- Jacques Charon as Mr Pontagnac
- Robert Hirsch as Mr Rédillon
- Jacques Morel as Maître Vatelin, notary and Lucienne's husband
- Pierre Larquey as Géronte
- Fred Pasquali as Mr Pascarel
- Louis de Funès as the manager
- Gaston Orbal as the commissioner
- Paul Bisciglia as Victor, the groom
- Léon Berton as the night look-out
- Marcel Méral as the second commissioner
- Georges Bever as a client
- Émile Mylo as Mr Grossback
- Jean Sylvère as the clerk
References
[edit]- ^ "Le DINDON (1951)". BFI. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021.
- ^ Travers, James (April 3, 2015). "Review of the film Le Dindon (1951)". frenchfilms.org.
- ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
Bibliography
[edit]- Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.
External links
[edit]- Le dindon at IMDb
- Le Dindon (1951), frenchfilms.org
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