Le Dindon | |
Director: | Claude Barma |
Producer: | Robert Dorfmann Fred Orain |
Based On: | Le Dindon by Georges Feydeau |
Starring: | Nadine Alari Jacqueline Pierreux Denise Provence |
Music: | Gérard Calvi |
Cinematography: | Jacques Mercanton |
Editing: | Florence Manier |
Studio: | Silver Films Armor Films |
Distributor: | Les Films Corona |
Runtime: | 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.
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.