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The Blaireau Case (1923)

The Blaireau Case poster
Original title
L'affaire Blaireau
Directed by
Louis Osmont
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
France
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a case that spins into a series of comic misunderstandings. The film follows the mishaps that result from a legal situation gone wrong.

lightheartedcomicplayfulfarce-likewhimsicalbrisk

What happens

The Blaireau Case (French:L'affaire Blaireau) is a 1923 French silent film directed by Louis Osmont and starring André Brunot, Émile Saint-Ober and Marise Dorval. Based on the 1899 novel L'affaire Blaireau by Alphonse Allais, it was remade twice in 1932 as The Blaireau Case and in 1958 as Neither Seen Nor Recognized. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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