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Title:Hotel Paradiso


Date: 1966
Type: Romantic comedy / Farce
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Peter Glenville
Producer: Peter Glenville

Comment
A married man (Alec Guinness) takes his also married next door neighbour (Gina Lollobrigida) out for dinner and then back to a hotel, only to find that their spouses are also staying at the hotel along with other people they know. They avoid being found out by the usual bedroom farce comic turns, then the police raid the hotel. Having survived all this they then find that their story has been turned into a successful play. This is a typical French farce that revolves around the performances of Alec Guinness and Gina Lollobrigida, well supported by a British comedy cast. I remember seeing Peggy Mount in similar roles in end of the pier shows from the same period.

Actors

Alec GuinnessAlec Guinness
Gina LollobrigidaGina Lollobrigida
Robert MorleyRobert Morley
Peggy MountPeggy Mount
Leonard RossiterLeonard Rossiter
Derek FowldsDerek Fowlds

Oscars

None

Hotel Paradiso