Lo strano dramma del dottor Molyneux (1937)
A Londra, in epoca vittoriana, il timido botanico Felix Molyneux scrive segretamente romanzi gialli di grande successo sotto lo pseudonimo di Felix Chapel. Suo cugino Archibald, un vescovo austero e moralista, sospetta della doppia vita di Felix e decide di indagare, convinto che la strana scomparsa della moglie del botanico durante una cena sia la prova di un omicidio reale. In un vortice di equivoci, tra assassini professionisti che si sentono offesi dai libri di Chapel e scambi d’identità surreali, la situazione precipita in una farsa grottesca che mette in ridicolo l’ipocrisia della borghesia inglese e le convenzioni del genere poliziesco.
Direttore:
Marcel Carné
Scrittore:
Jacques Prévert
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Françoise Rosay as Margaret Molyneux |
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Michel Simon as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel |
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Jean-Pierre Aumont as Billy - le laitier amoureux d'Eva |
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Louis Jouvet as Archibald Soper, évèque de Bedford |
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Nadine Vogel as Eva - la secrétaire des Molyneux |
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Henri Guisol as Buffington - un journaliste alcoolique |
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Jenny Burnay as Madame Pencil - la cuisinière des Molyneux |
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Agnès Capri as la chanteuse des rues |
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Annie Cariel as Elisabeth Soper - la femme de l'évêque |
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Jeanne Lory as Mrs. McPhearson - la tante d'Irwin qui perd la tête |
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Madeleine Suffel as Victory - la dame de compagnie de Mrs. McPhearson |
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Sinoël as Le gardien de prison |
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René Génin as le balayeur |
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Max Morise as James, le domestique des Molyneux |
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Marcel Duhamel as le fêtard amoureux des enterrements |
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Ky Duyen as l'hôtelier chinois de Soho |
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Pierre Alcover as l'inspecteur-chef de Scotland Yard Bray |
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Jean-Louis Barrault as William Kramps, le tueur de bouchers |
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Margot Capelier as la cliente du salon de thé (uncredited) |
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Claudye Carter as Une figurante (uncredited) |
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Guy Decomble as le maquereau (uncredited) |
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Yves Deniaud as Un policier (uncredited) |
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Foun-Sen as la fille corrigée (uncredited) |
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Fabien Loris as Un policier (uncredited) |
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Jean Marais as Le fêtard assommé par un Chinois (uncredited) |
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Maurice Marceau as un figurant (uncredited) |
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Franck Maurice as le père qui réprimande son fils (uncredited) |
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Robert Mercier as un policier en civil (uncredited) |
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Frédéric O'Brady as un reporter (uncredited) |
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Pierre Prévert as le crieur de journaux (uncredited) |
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Raymond Pélissier as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Marcel Carné | Director |
| Sound | Maurice Jaubert | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jacques Prévert | Screenplay |
| Editing | Marthe Poncin | Editor |
| Camera | Eugen Schüfftan | Director of Photography |
| Production | Edouard Corniglion-Molinier | Producer |
| Art | Alexandre Trauner | Production Design |
