20 short facts about comedies starring Louis de Funes (21 photos)

You know these films well, and therefore these facts may surprise you (or make you happy, or upset, or make you smile, or cook dumplings).





1. In Italy, the film “Fantômas” was released under the title “Fantômas - 70”.



2. At the Soviet box office, the film “The Big Walk” was lengthened by 10 minutes and became a two-part series. The "extension" occurred through a recap of the first episode and the opening and closing credits in each episode.





3. The director of the film "The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez" Jean Giraud was once relaxing on the beach, where his film camera was stolen. Having contacted the local gendarmerie, the director heard that they do not deal with such matters. And then he decided to make a comedy about the gendarmes from Saint-Tropez.



4. The main line of the film "The Gendarme and the Aliens" parodies the 1954 American film "The Body Snatchers".



5. After a heart attack in 1975, Louis de Funes decided to leave cinema. But he did not keep his promise - after reading the script for the film “A Wing or a Leg,” he decided to play in it. And after this film there were more films.



6. In the film "A Gendarme at Rest," Cruchot and Fougasse play a popular French game called pétanque.



7. The film "Gendarme in New York" in Soviet release was called "Mr. Cruchot in New York."



8. Our audience was able to see the film “The Gendarme and the Gendarmets” only in 1992. Despite the “continuation” of the favorite film, some scenes were too frivolous, and therefore it was not purchased for rental.



9. The total attendance of the film "Razinya" at the Soviet box office was 52 million viewers.



10. After filming the film “The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob,” Louis de Funes admitted that if he had any minor racial prejudices before, then working in the film put an end to them forever.



11. In the film "The Great Walk" the hero of Louis de Funes played the piano at the Paris Opera. Louis de Funes himself also played the piano in Parisian bars during the occupation years.



12. In the film "Gendarme on vacation" Louis and Josepha live in a house that is a castle Château de Clermont. This castle belonged to the Funes family.



13. In the film “The Gendarme and the Gendarmetes,” Christian Clavier appears in the frame for exactly half a second.



14. The premiere of the film “The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob” took place in the midst of the Yom Kippur War between Israel and the countries of the Arab world. Among Arab countries it was believed that the film was pro-Israel.



15. Louis de Funes did not want to star in the film “Cauliflower Soup” because he was already very old. But he played anyway because he saw that he had a lot in common with his character.



16. The role of Blaz in the film "Delusions of Grandeur" was to be played by Bourville. But he died before filming began. The role of Blaz was played by Yves Montand.



17. The character in the film "The Miser", played by Louis de Funes, was somewhat like an actor who himself was quite greedy (as his sons believed).



18. By the way, in the film “The Miser”, Louis de Funes himself acted as the director, screenwriter and actor in the leading role.



19. Jean Gabin and Louis de Funes starred in several films together (in particular in the comedy "Tattooed"), but they hated each other. Jean Gabin envied Funes, but considered him an upstart, to whom for some reason directors listened. Funes didn’t like the fact that Gaben was afraid to take a step away from the script.



20. The film “Squabble” shows the SX-22 device, which demonstrated its functionality to the Japanese. So, this scene was filmed backwards, since in fact the device emitted smoke, and did not absorb it.