Screen adaptations of plays by Georges Feydeau

Georges Feydeau, the best-known writer of French farce in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, wrote more than twenty full-length comic plays and twenty one-act ones. Some of these have been adapted for the cinema. Although Feydeau was active well into the era of film he never wrote for the medium, but within two years of his death in 1921 other writers and directors began to take his plays as the basis for films, of which more than twenty have been made, in several countries and languages.

Films based on Feydeau plays

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Film title Based on Feydeau's play Year Country Director
La dama de Chez Maxim's La Dame de chez Maxim 1923 Italy Amleto Palermi
Il tacchino Le Dindon 1925 Italy Mario Bonnard
Take Care of Amelia Occupe-toi d'Amélie! 1925 Italy Telemaco Ruggeri
Un fil à la patte [fr] Un fil à la patte 1925 France Robert Saidreau [fr]
The Queen of Moulin Rouge La Duchesse des Folies-Bergère 1926 Austria Robert Wiene
On purge bébé On purge bébé 1931 France Jean Renoir
Take Care of Amelie Occupe-toi d'Amélie! 1932 France Marguerite Viel and Richard Weisbach
Un fil à la patte [fr] Un fil à la patte 1933 France Karl Anton
The Girl from Maxim's La Dame de chez Maxim 1933 UK Alexander Korda
La dame de chez Maxim's La Dame de chez Maxim 1933 France Alexander Korda
Champignol malgré lui [fr] Champignol malgré lui 1933 France Fred Ellis
L'Hôtel du libre échange [fr] L'Hôtel du libre échange 1934 France Marc Allégret
Monsieur chasse [fr] Monsieur chasse! 1947 France Willy Rozier
Keep an Eye on Amelia Occupe-toi d'Amélie! 1949 France Claude Autant-Lara
The Girl from Maxim's La Dame de chez Maxim 1950 France Marcel Aboulker
The Turkey Le Dindon 1951 France Claude Barma
Le Fil à la patte [fr] Un fil à la patte 1955 France Guy Lefranc
Äktenskapsbrottaren L'Hôtel du libre échange 1964 Sweden Hasse Ekman
Hotel Paradiso L'Hôtel du libre échange 1966 UK Peter Glenville
A Flea in Her Ear La Puce à l'oreille 1968 France/US Jacques Charon
Le P'tit vient vite Léonie est en avance ou le Mal joli 1972 Canada Louis-Georges Carrier [fr]
Per favore, occupati di Amelia [it] Occupe-toi d'Amélie! 1981 Italy Flavio Mogherini
La pulga en la oreja [es] La Puce à l'oreille 1981 Argentina Pancho Guerrero
The Art of Breaking Up [fr] Un fil à la patte 2005 France Michel Deville
A Finada Mãe da Madame Feu la mère de madame 2016 Brazil Bernard Attal

Television adaptations

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In the 1960s and 1970s the BBC filmed a series of fourteen farces by Feydeau, adapted by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, under the collective title Ooh La La. Some were adapted from one-act plays, others from full-length ones. All fourteen starred Patrick Cargill.

Title Adapted from Co-starring
with Patrick Cargill
Producer Year Ref
A Good Night's Sleep Feu la mère de Madame Amanda Barrie Stuart Allen 1968 [1]
All Night Sitting Tailleur pour dames Amanda Barrie
Anton Rodgers
Stuart Allen 1968 [2]
A Little Bit to Fall Back On Les Pavés de l'ours Amanda Barrie
Jim Dale
Fabia Drake
Stuart Allen 1968 [3]
Above Reproach C'est une femme du monde Amanda Barrie
Donald Sinden
Barbara Windsor
Stuart Allen 1968 [4]
Making a Pass Dormez, je le veux! Amanda Barrie
Robertson Hare
Stuart Allen 1968 [5]
Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted Gibier de potence Amanda Barrie
Anton Rodgers
Stuart Allen 1968 [6]
Call Me Maestro Amour et piano Fenella Fielding
Roy Hudd
G. B. Lupino 1968 [7]
Keep an Eye on Amelie Occupe-toi d'Amélie! Judi Dench
Bill Fraser
Douglas Argent 1973 [8]
A Pig in a Poke Chat en poche Richard Briers
Joan Sims
Douglas Argent 1973 [9]
A-Hunting We Will Go Monsieur chasse! Barbara Murray
Tony Britton
Joan Hickson
Douglas Argent 1973 [10]
The Lady from Maxim's La Dame de chez Maxim Bernard Cribbins
Barbara Windsor
Betty Marsden
Douglas Argent 1973 [11]
Paying the Piper Le Dindon Amanda Barrie
Michael Aldridge
Michael Bates
Douglas Argent 1973 [12]
Caught in the Act La Puce à l'oreille Dinah Sheridan
Patricia Routledge
Bernard Bresslaw
Dennis Waterman
Douglas Argent 1973 [13]
Kept on a String Un Fil à la patte Freddie Jones
Eleanor Summerfield
Douglas Argent 1973 [14]

References

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  1. ^ "Ooh La La: A Good Night's Sleep", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  2. ^ "Ooh La La: All Night Sitting", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  3. ^ "Ooh La La: A Little Bit to Fall Back On", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  4. ^ "Ooh La La: Above Reproach", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  5. ^ "Ooh La La: Making a Pass", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  6. ^ "Ooh La La: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  7. ^ "Ooh La La: Call Me Maestro", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  8. ^ "Ooh La La: Keep an Eye on Amelie", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  9. ^ "Ooh La La: A Pig in a Poke", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  10. ^ "Ooh La La: A-Hunting We Will Go", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  11. ^ "Ooh La La: The Lady from Maxim's", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  12. ^ "Ooh La La: Paying the Piper", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  13. ^ "Ooh La La: Caught in the Act", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022
  14. ^ "Ooh La La: Kept on a String", BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 April 2022