Comedy

Hotel Paradiso

- Make room for a riot!!!

Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris - Monsieur Boniface with a domineering wife, and the next-door neglectful husband Henri with a beautiful but ignored wife, Marcelle. Henri traces architectural anomalies (most ghost sounds are drains) and plans a night at the Hotel Paradiso, but this hotel is the assignation spot of Marcelle and Boniface. One wife, two husbands, a nephew, and the perky Boniface maid, all at this 'by the hour' hotel and consummation of the affair is, to say the least, severely compromised (not the least by a police raid). All of this is under Feydeau's eye, and his play is the 'success fou' of the next season.

Release Date : 1966-03-01

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Benedict Boniface

Original Name : Alec Guinness

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marcelle Cotte

Original Name : Gina Lollobrigida

Gender : Female

Character Name : Henri Cotte

Original Name : Robert Morley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angelique Boniface

Original Name : Peggy Mount

Gender : Female

Character Name : Victoire

Original Name : Ann Beach

Gender : Female

Character Name : Martin

Original Name : Douglas Byng

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maxime

Original Name : Derek Fowlds

Gender : Male

Character Name : George

Original Name : David Battley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Georges Feydeau

Original Name : Peter Glenville

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Proprietor

Original Name : Akim Tamiroff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Guest

Original Name : Eddra Gale

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Duke

Original Name : Robertson Hare

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : Leonard Rossiter

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Turk

Original Name : Darío Moreno

Gender : Male

Character Name : La Grande Antoinette

Original Name : Marie Bell

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-09-02

I really struggled to enjoy this... Despite the great casting, it just seemed to border all to frequently on the wrong side of farce for me. Basically, it all boils down to poor old Alec Guinness ("Boniface") stuck in an unhappy marriage with the formidable "Angelique" (Peggy Mount). This couple are neighbours to "Marcelle' (Gina Lollobrigida) who is married to "Henri" (Robert Morley), a husband who largely leaves her to her own devices. When "Angelique" goes to see her poorly sister and "Henri" has to go away for work - "Boniface" proceeds to confess his long-held, undying, love to "Marcelle" and suggests they decamp to the eponymous establishment for an hour or two's entertainment... What ensues now is a semi chaotic collection of almost slap-stick encounters that are frenetically paced, with relentless dialogue and more parallel themes than I could really be bothered to keep up with. Lollobrigida looks every inch her part, and Guinness is quite engaging as the rather ingenuous "Boniface" but the rest of it is just too shambolic for me. Looks great though, lots of great costumes, sets and vintage cars.