La Comédie du bonheur
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Director Marcel LHerbier Duration Music director Jacques Ibert Country France
Italty | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Running time 1h 48m Screenplay Andre Cerf Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1940 (Italy)
1942 (Frances) Based on play “Samoe glavnoe� by Nicolas Evreinoff
Jean Cocteau (additional dialogue) Writer Andre Cerf (screenplay), Jean Cocteau (adaptation), Jean Cocteau (dialogue), Nicolas Evreinoff (play), Marcel LHerbier (scenario), Fernand Noziere (French translation) Cast Michel Simon (Monsieur Jourdain), Ramon Novarro (Félix), Jacqueline Delubac (Anita), Micheline Presle (Lydia), André Alerme (Déribin)Similar movies Related Marcel LHerbier movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Le Comedie du Bonheur (also known as Ecco La Felicità in Italy and Comedy of Happiness in England) is a 1940 French-Italian film. It was the first completed film of Louis Jourdan.
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Plot
Wealthy banker Francois Jourdain starts spending his money on philanthropic purposes, so his relatives have him committed to a psychiatric clinic to save their inheritance. During Mardi Gras celebrations, Jourdain escapes and takes residence in a boarding house, which is inhabited by several miserable individuals, including Lydia, the suicidal Russian Fedor, and bitter old spinter Miss Aglae. He hires actors led by Deribin to take up residence and cheer up the inhabitants by putting on a musical production of Quo Vadis.
The lead juvenile Félix begins romancing Lydia to improve her self-esteem. Felix's wife Anita convinces Fédor that life is worth living and Deribin tries to cheer up Miss Aglaé. Jourdain's family go looking for him.
Production
The movie was based on a 1921 play and was shot at Scalera Studios in Rome. It was one of the few films made outside Hollywood by Ramon Novarro.
