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.

Le Dindon
Directed byClaude Barma
Written byJacques Emmanuel
Based onLe Dindon by Georges Feydeau
Produced byRobert Dorfmann
Fred Orain
StarringNadine Alari
Jacqueline Pierreux
Denise Provence
CinematographyJacques Mercanton
Edited byFlorence Manier
Music byGérard Calvi
Production
companies
Silver Films
Armor Films
Distributed byLes Films Corona
Release date
  • 21 November 1951 (1951-11-21)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ "Le DINDON (1951)". BFI. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021.
  2. ^ Travers, James (April 3, 2015). "Review of the film Le Dindon (1951)". frenchfilms.org.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.

Bibliography

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  • Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.
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