The Italian Straw Hat

The Italian Straw Hat

105 mins | Comedy | Jan. 13, 1928

On the day of Fadinard's wedding, his horse eats a lady's hat on a bush at the roadside, while the lady is hidden behind the bush with her lover Lieutenant Tavernier. Because she is married, she cannot return home hatless without being compromised, and Tavernier orders Fadinard to replace the hat with one exactly like it - or else he will wreck his new home. In an elaborate sequence of complications, Fadinard tries to find a hat while keeping to his marriage schedule

The Italian Straw Hat

105 mins | Comedy | Jan. 13, 1928

The Italian Straw Hat
On the day of Fadinard's wedding, his horse eats a lady's hat on a bush at the roadside, while the lady is hidden behind the bush with her lover Lieutenant Tavernier. Because she is married, she cannot return home hatless without being compromised, and Tavernier orders Fadinard to replace the hat with one exactly like it - or else he will wreck his new home. In an elaborate sequence of complications, Fadinard tries to find a hat while keeping to his marriage schedule
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Albatros
Original title Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
Directors René Clair
Writers Eugène Labiche, René Clair

Cast

Albert Préjean

as Fadinard / Fadinard, le marié

Geymond Vital

as Lt. Tavernier / Le lieutenant Tavernier

Olga Tschechowa

as Anais / Anaïs de Beauperthuis

Marise Maia

as Helen

Yvonneck

as Nonancourt

Louis Pré Fils

as Cousin Bobin

Paul Ollivier

as L'oncle Vézinet

Alex Allin

as Félix

André Volbert

as Le maire

Jim Gérald

as Beauperthuis

Lillian Beck

as Une invitée de la noce

Berline

as Une invitée de la noce

Lya Christy

as Une invitée de la noce