La grande vadrouille (1966)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Gérard Oury

Writers:

Marcel Jullian (writer)
Gérard Oury (writer)

Release Date:

8 December 1966 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | War

Plot:

An allied bomberplane is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute...

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Escape | Sidecar | Nazi Uniform | Motorcycle

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Bourvil	...	Augustin Bouvet
Louis de Funès	...	Stanislas LeFort
Claudio Brook	...	Peter Cunningham
Andréa Parisy	...	Soeur Marie-Odile / Sister Marie-Odile
Colette Brosset	...	Germaine
Mike Marshall	...	Alan MacIntosh
Mary Marquet	...	Mère Supérieure
Pierre Bertin	...	Le grand-père de Juliette - propriétaire du guignol
Benno Sterzenbach	...	Major Achbach
Marie Dubois	...	Juliette
Terry-Thomas	...	Sir Reginald
Sieghardt Rupp	...	Lt. Stuermer
Reinhard Kolldehoff	...	Un caporal allemand
Helmuth Schneider	...	L'officier allemand dans le train (as Helmut Schneider)
Paul Préboist	...	Le pêcheur

Also Known As:

Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot At (USA)
Don't Look Now, We've Been Shot At

Runtime:

132 min | West Germany:101 min

Country:

France | UK

Language:

French | English | German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | USA:G | West Germany:6 (nf) (w)

Filming Locations:

Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8, Paris, France

Company:

Les Films Corona

Trivia:

This movie was seen by 17 million people in France, a box-office record in that country until Titanic (1997).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: At the very beginning, we see an aerial shot of Paris; however we can clearly see modern buildings built in the 60s.

Quotes:

Sir Reginald: MacIntosh, why don't you get back to Canada!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Cinemania: I anodos kai i ptosi tou Nazismou" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Rakoczy March S. 11

Love it

One of my favorite movies of all time. Being half french/American I guess I am lucky enough to get the best of both worlds culturally. And this one, just like other great movies of de Funes and Bourvil, makes you smile when the movie ends. I have both such a happy and great feeling after the movie and yet part of me is sad because France lost two of its greatest actors a few decades ago and we miss them both a lot. For those who really want to see how the French think (without the typical generalizations I hear from everyone) about the British (all in humor), the Germans (the french i think will always remember WWII in the back of their minds and part of the population still is not fond of Germans) or just life in general, it's a must see. Tea for two and two for tea. Me and you and you and me. Just love it. Vive la France!