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The Imaginary Invalid (French: Le malade imaginaire) is a 1934 French historical comedy film directed by Lucien Jaquelux and starring Robert Pizani, Ginette Gaubert and Nane Germon. It is an adaptation of the 1673 play The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, later turned into a 1952 West German film of the same title.




Synopsis


A bedridden hypochondriac is exploited by his wife and physicians who run rings round him. Only his daughter really cares for him, and he is eventually convinced to allow her to marry the man she really wants rather than the match he had planned for her.




Cast


Robert Pizani as Thomas Diafoirus
Ginette Gaubert as Angélique
Nane Germon as Toinette
Dranem as Argan
Alfred Argus as Béralde
Jacqueline Cartier as Louison
Georges Colin as Docteur Diafoirus
Robert Darthez as Cléante
Marguerite Ducouret as Bélise
Anthony Gildès as Monsieur Bonnefoi
Raymond Ménage as Monsieur Purgon




References






Bibliography


Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.




External links


The Imaginary Invalid at IMDb

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• The Imaginary Invalid (1934 film)
• The Imaginary Invalid (disambiguation)
• The Imaginary Invalid (1952 film)
• Miles Malleson
• Joan Maude
• Ginette Gaubert
• Thomas Anstey Guthrie
• Ivah Wills Coburn
• List of plays adapted into feature films
• Georges Colin