Comedy of Happiness (1940)
1h 48m
Running Time
December 23, 1940Release Date
Comedy of Happiness (1940)
1h 48m
Running Time
December 23, 1940Release Date
Plot.
Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him committed to a mental hospital. But Jourdain manages to escape and decides to make everybody happy except... his heirs!
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Cast & Crew.
Michel Simon
Giambattista Giordano
Ramon Novarro
Felice Ciatti
Jacqueline Delubac
Anita
André Alerme
Déribin
Micheline Presle
Lidia
Sylvie
Madame Marie
Marcel L'Herbier
Director
Louis Jourdan
Fédor
Gaetano Campanile-Mancini
Writer
André Cerf
Writer
Ève Francis
La voyante
Nicolas Evreinoff
Writer
Magdeleine Bérubet
Aglaé
Marcel Vallée
Le docteur Acario
Fernand Nozière
Writer
André Paulvé
Producer
Sinoël
Le général
Doumel
Pernamboc
Tré-Ki
Tiordo
Oreste Bilancia
Le garçon de café (uncredited)
Jaque Catelain
Le directeur de Radio Azur (uncredited)
Anthony Gildès
Augustin (uncredited)
Jacques Henley
(uncredited)
Guy Henry
(uncredited)
Felga Lauri
(uncredited)
Albert Malbert
(uncredited)
Nicola Maldacea
Le directeur du théatre (uncredited)
Giorgio Ravalico
(uncredited)
Dina Romano
Mme Anna (uncredited)
Martial Rèbe
(uncredited)
René Stern
(uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
Adaptation
Barteneff
René Génin
Details.
Release DateDecember 23, 1940
Original NameLa Comédie du bonheur
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Wiki.
La Comédie du bonheur ( "the comedy of happiness") is a French-Italian film directed by Marcel L'Herbier as a dual-language production. It was filmed in Rome in the early months of 1940, but after Italy joined World War II on the side of Germany, the French and Italian versions of the film were completed separately. The Italian version was released in December 1940 under the title Ecco la felicità! ("Here's happiness"). The French version was released in July 1942.