The Comedians (1967)

Directed by

Peter Glenville

Genre

drama film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British hotel owner runs a hotel in Haiti under the brutal Duvalier regime. As the country sinks into barbarism, he grows fatalistic about his situation.

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What happens

The Comedians is a 1967 American political drama film based on a book by Graham Greene. It was directed and produced by British filmmaker Peter Glenville. Graham Greene wrote the screenplay. The stars were Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, and Alec Guinness. Paul Ford and Lillian Gish had supporting roles as a presidential candidate and wife, as did James Earl Jones as an island doctor. Set in Haiti during the regime of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, it was filmed in Dahomey (Benin since 1975). The film tells the story of a sardonic British hotel owner and his encroaching fatalism as he watches Haiti sink into barbarism and squalor under Duvalier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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