One Week
Synopsis
Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.
One Week (1920) is a 25 min comedy short film by Buster Keaton. Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week".
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Festival History
Titles
| Original title | One Week | |
| Alternate title | La Maison démontable |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | United States | August 29, 1920 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | June 3, 1921 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | U |
Versions & editions
| Home video | United Kingdom | October 12, 1987 |
| Home video | United Kingdom | January 29, 2001 |
Full credits
| Director | Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Eddie Cline |
| Cast | Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil Seely |
| Screenplay | Eddie Cline, Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton |
| Producer | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Cinematography | Elgin Lessley |
| Editing | Buster Keaton |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
