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Le Dindon
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
Release date	21 November 1951 (1951-11-21)
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

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

• 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 [fr] as the night look-out
• Marcel Méral [fr] as the second commissioner
• Georges Bever as a client
• Émile Mylo [fr] as Mr Grossback
• Jean Sylvère [fr] as the clerk

References

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

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

External links

• Le dindon at IMDb
• Le Dindon (1951), frenchfilms.org