Un chapeau de paille d'Italie The Italian Straw Hat
The Italian Straw Hat is a 1928 French silent film comedy written and directed by René Clair, in his feature debut, based on the 1851 play Un chapeau de paille d'Italie, by Eugène Marin Labiche and Marc-Michel.
Plot
On the day of Fadinard's wedding, his horse eats a lady's hat on a bush at the roadside, while the lady is hidden behind the bush with her lover Lieutenant Tavernier. Because she is married, she cannot return home hatless without being compromised, and Tavernier orders Fadinard to replace the hat with one exactly like it - or else he will wreck his new home. In an elaborate sequence of complications, Fadinard tries to find a hat while keeping to his marriage schedule.
More details
| author | René Clair |
|---|---|
| director | René Clair |
| genre | comedy historical |
| keywords | married new home return home wed |
| musicBy | Georges Delerue |
| producer | Alexandre Kamenka |
| publisher | Films Albatros |
| recordedAt | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24930857 |
| theme | silent |