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Comedy of Happiness is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Marcel L'Herbier with Michel Simon
Comedy of Happiness (1940)
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Add to a movie listLe 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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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.Actors
Michel Simon
(Monsieur Jourdain)
Ramón Novarro
(Félix)
Jacqueline Delubac
(Anita)
Micheline Presle
(Lydia)
Sylvie
(Madame Marie)
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