The Straw Lover

1951 film
  • Carlo Rim
  • Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Produced by
  • Alexandre Mnouchkine
  • Evrard de Rouvre
Starring
  • Jean-Pierre Aumont
  • Gaby Sylvia
  • Alfred Adam
CinematographyMichel KelberEdited byJacqueline SadoulMusic byJean Marion
Production
company
Les Films Ariane
Distributed byLa Société des Films Sirius
Release date
  • 5 January 1951 (1951-01-05)
Running time
86 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

The Straw Lover (French: L'Amant de paille) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gaby Sylvia and Alfred Adam.[1] Louis de Funès plays a psychiatrist.[2] The film based on Georges Feydeau's play "Le Dindon" (The Turkey).

The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.

Cast

  • Jean-Pierre Aumont as Stanislas Michodier (Jimmy's friend)
  • Gaby Sylvia as Gisèle Sarrazin de Fontenoy (Gaston's wife)
  • Alfred Adam as Gaston Sarrazin de Fontenoy (Gisèle's husband)
  • André Versini as Jimmy (Gisèle's lover)
  • Louis de Funès as Bruno (the psychiatrist)
  • Félix Oudart as Mr Kervadec
  • Lucienne Granier as the lady in black
  • Odette Barancey as the concierge
  • Marcel Melrac as Mr Henri
  • Emile Genevois as the photographer
  • Gérard Buhr as one of Gaston's employées

References

  1. ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.347-48
  2. ^ The Straw Lover at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

Bibliography

  • Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

  • The Straw Lover at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • L’Amant de paille (1951) at the Films de France
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