Hotel Paradiso
Make room for a riot!!!
1966 | 98m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Peter Glenville |
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| Writer: | Maurice Desvallières, Peter Glenville, Jean-Claude Carrière, Georges Feydeau |
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| Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block and he needs a new play, so he takes an opportunity to observe his upper class neighbors of 1900 Paris. There is Monsieur Boniface with hard domineering wife Angelique; also, Monsieur Cotte with beautiful but neglected wife Marcelle. Henri Cotte traces architectural anomalies (mostly "ghost" sounds in the drain pipes) and plans a night at the Hotel Paradiso, which happens to be the chosen romantic rendezvous spot of Marcelle and Monsieur 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: | Mar 01, 1966 |
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| Director: | Peter Glenville |
| Writer: | Maurice Desvallières, Peter Glenville, Jean-Claude Carrière, Georges Feydeau |
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| Keywords | adultery, writer's block, love hotel, hotel farce, belle epoque |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 16, 2026 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Alec Guinness | Benedict Boniface |
| Gina Lollobrigida | Marcelle Cotte |
| Robert Morley | Henri Cotte |
| Peggy Mount | Angelique Boniface |
| Ann Beach | Victoire |
| Douglas Byng | Martin |
| Derek Fowlds | Maxime |
| David Battley | George |
| Peter Glenville | Georges Feydeau |
| Akim Tamiroff | Hotel Proprietor |
| Eddra Gale | Hotel Guest |
| Robertson Hare | The Duke |
| Leonard Rossiter | Inspector |
| Darío Moreno | The Turk |
| Marie Bell | La Grande Antoinette |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Maurice Desvallières | Writer |
| Robert Christidès | Set Decoration |
| Louis Bonnemaison | Makeup Artist |
| Peter Glenville | Director, Writer |
| Jean-Claude Carrière | Writer |
| Georges Feydeau | Writer |
| Anne V. Coates | Editor |
| Laurence Rosenthal | Original Music Composer |
| Henri Decaë | Director of Photography |
| Irene Howard | Casting |
| François de Lamothe | Production Design |
| Odette Berroyer | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter Glenville | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 1 |
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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.