The Turkey (film)

1951 film

The Turkey

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

The Turkey (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

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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.

## Cast

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* 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

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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.

## External links

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

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Georges Feydeau

Plays|

* Chat en poche (1888)
* Monsieur chasse! (1892)
* Champignol malgré lui (1892)
* Le Système Ribadier (1892)
* L'Hôtel du libre échange (1894)
* Un fil à la patte (1894)
* Le Dindon (1896)
* La Dame de chez Maxim (1899)
* La Puce à l'oreille (1907)
* Occupe-toi d'Amélie! (1908)
* Je ne trompe pas mon mari! (1914)

Adaptations|

* La dama de Chez Maxim's (1923)
* Take Care of Amelia (1925)
* The Queen of Moulin Rouge (1926)
* On purge bébé (1931)
* Take Care of Amelie (1932)
* The Girl from Maxim's (1933)
* La dame de chez Maxim's (1933)
* Keep an Eye on Amelia (1949)
* The Girl from Maxim's (1950)
* The Turkey (1951)
* Äktenskapsbrottaren (1964)
* Hotel Paradiso (1966)
* A Flea in Her Ear (1968)

Related people|

* Ernest-Aimé Feydeau
* Carolus-Duran
* Maurice Desvallières

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