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The Comedians (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Czech ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )
German ( Subtitles )
Greek ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
145 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1967 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Glenville

Written By:
Graham Greene

Actors:
Richard Burton ..... Brown
Elizabeth Taylor ..... Martha Pineda
Alec Guinness ..... Major H. O. Jones
Peter Ustinov ..... Ambassador Manuel Pineda
Paul Ford ..... Smith
Lillian Gish ..... Mrs. Smith
Georg Stanford Brown ..... Henri Philipot
Roscoe Lee Browne ..... Petit Pierre
Gloria Foster ..... Mrs. Philipot
James Earl Jones ..... Dr. Magiot
Zakes Mokae ..... Michel
Douta Seck ..... Joseph
Raymond St. Jacques ..... Captain Concasseur
Cicely Tyson ..... Marie Therese

Synopsis:

Set in the Haiti of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, The Comedians tells the story of a sardonic Welsh hotel owner and his encroaching fatalism as he watches Haiti sink into barbarism and poverty. Complications include his inability to sell the hotel so he can leave, a friendship with a rebel leader, some politically "charged" hotel guests, an affair with the German-born wife of a South American ambassador, and the manipulations of a British arms dealer who's in over his head.

An English hotel owner (Richard Burton) woos a diplomat's wife (Elizabeth Taylor) and goads an arms dealer (Alec Guinness) in "Papa Doc" Duvalier's Haiti.

A cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti under the violent reign of the despot 'Papa Doc' Duvalier.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 21 December, 2015.