The Italian Straw Hat (1941 film)

The Italian Straw Hat
Directed byMaurice Cammage
Written byMaurice Cammage
Jacques Chabannes
Francis Claude
Jean Nemours
Based onThe Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel
Produced byPaul Guien
StarringFernandel
Josseline Gaël
Fernand Charpin
CinematographyWilly Faktorovitch
Jean-Paul Goreaud
Edited byRaymond Leboursier
Music byVincent Scotto
Production
company
Prodiex
Distributed byCiné Sélection
Release date
  • 22 February 1941 (1941-02-22)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Italian Straw Hat (French: Un chapeau de paille d'Italie) is a 1941 French comedy film directed by Maurice Cammage and starring Fernandel, Josseline Gaël and Fernand Charpin.[1] [2] It is based on the 1851 The Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel, which had previously been adapted into a 1928 silent film of the same title.[3] It was made at the Marseille Studios in the Unoccupied Zone of France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.