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The Comedians ()

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A cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti, under the violent reign of the despot "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
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Brown
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Martha Pineda
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Major H. O. Jones
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Ambassador Manuel Pineda
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Smith
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Mrs. Smith
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Henri Philipot
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Petit Pierre
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Mrs. Philipot
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Dr. Magiot
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Michel
Douta Seck ...
Joseph
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Captain Concasseur
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Marie Therese
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Haitian Soldier (uncredited)
Make Bray ...
Haitian Soldier (uncredited)
Robin Langford ...
Angelito Pineda (uncredited)
Dennis Alaba Peters ...
César (uncredited)

Directed by

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Peter Glenville

Written by

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Graham Greene ... (novel "The Comedians")
 
Graham Greene ... (screenplay)

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Peter Glenville ... producer

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Laurence Rosenthal

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Henri Decaë ... director of photography (as Henri Decae)

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Françoise Javet

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François de Lamothe

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Lucien Lippens ... unit manager
Louis Wipf ... production supervisor

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Jean-Michel Lacor ... assistant director

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Robert Christidès ... set dresser (as Robert Christides)

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Jonathan Bates ... sound editor
Jacques Carrère ... dubbing mixer
Cyril Swern ... sound recordist
Van Allen James ... sound editor (uncredited)

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Ernest Day ... camera operator
Bob Penn ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Laurence Rosenthal ... conductor
John Richards ... music engineer (uncredited)
Laurence Rosenthal ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Alice Ziller ... continuity

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Judith Coxhead ... assistant to producer
Phillip Kenny ... production assistant (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Set in the Haiti of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, this movie 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. Written by Max Chandler

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Taglines They lie, they cheat, they destroy...they even try to love. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les comédiens (France)
  • Les comédiens ou l'enfer d'Haïti (France)
  • Die Stunde der Komödianten (Germany)
  • Los comediantes (Spain)
  • Os Farsantes (Brazil)
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  • 150 min
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Trivia Several critics noted that the ending of this movie is at least a little more positive and optimistic than the bleak ending of Graham Greene's original novel, and attacked the movie for "softening" the subject. Graham Greene, however, insisted that the more upbeat ending had been his own idea. See more »
Goofs In the last few shots in the movie, as the Character is leaving the airport, there is initially a departing Vickers VC10 airliner flying overhead from right to left, this changes to a close up, followed by a shot of the same airliner now flying into the distance - unfortunately this is different 4 engine Jetliner, probably a Boeing 707. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Comedians in Africa (1967). See more »
Quotes Brown: I don't believe in causes.
Dr. Magiot: The role of cynic doesn't really suit you, Brown.
Brown: I don't believe in play-acting either.
Dr. Magiot: You imagine because you've lost one faith, you've lost all? You're wrong, Brown. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose.
Brown: I have no faith in faith.
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