Do you like the French comedies of yesteryear? They once had a special charm, which over time has deteriorated due to the influence of “Hollywood”. Fortunately, there are a lot of those comedies. And you can review them many times. 
1. In the film "The Great Walk" the hero of Louis de Funes plays the piano at the Paris Opera. During the war years, Louis de Funes himself earned his living by playing the piano. 
2. Fabrice Greco got the main role in the film “Toy” completely by accident. He was the son of one of the film crew members. Despite his excellent acting, Fabrice Greco never acted in films again. 
3. In the film "The Unlucky" the hero Pierre Richard is kidnapped by a gorilla in the Mexican jungle. But these primates do not live on the American continent. 
4. There is an interesting legend about the creation of the film "The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez". The director of the film was relaxing on the beach in Saint-Tropez, where his camera was stolen. He came to the local gendarmerie to report the theft. But there they told him to go through the forest, since they don’t do such things. And then director Jean Giraud decided to make a film about local gendarmes. 
5. The film "The Runaways" was the fourth, but the last joint film of director Francis Weber and actor Pierre Richard. This film was also the last in the Richard-Depardieu comedy trilogy. 
6. Cameramen working on the set of Formula 1 were invited to film the chases in the film Taxi. 
7. In the original, the title of the French comedy “Open up, police!” spelled Les Ripoux, which means "the corrupt" and refers to corrupt law enforcement officials. 
8. A Citroën DS was used as Fantômas’s flying car. 
9. During the screening of the film “Fantômas” in the USSR, an incident occurred - some people (especially teenagers) perceived this film not as a comedy, but as a serious crime fiction. 
10. In Soviet distribution, the film “The Big Walk” was made into a two-part series by including a block “summary of the first episode” and additional credits at the beginning and end of the film. 
11. In the film “The Unlucky”, actor Gerard Depardieu initially wanted to play Francois Perrin. But the director refused him and gave him another role. In retaliation, Depardieu interfered with the filming - he became capricious and went on a drinking binge. 
13. The dress of Christine (Mireille Darc) from the film “The Tall Blonde in a Black Shoe” is kept in the Louvre. 
14. In the film “To the Left of the Elevator” the floor of action is constantly changing - it is either 6 or 9. 
15. In the film "The Gendarme and the Aliens" the cast has changed, which was in previous films about the gendarme - the gendarmes Fougasse and Merlot did not appear, and Madame Cruchot is played by another actress (and not Claude Jansac). 
16. The film "The Miser" is the first and last film where Louis de Funes acted as a director. And in this film he was the author of the script and played the main role. 
17. The director of the film about Fantômas had plans to make 10 or 12 films. And in the magazine "Soviet Screen" they wrote that 4 films were made. But in the end it turned out to be only a trilogy. 
18. In the film “A Gendarme on a Walk,” Cruchot and Gerbert watch footage from the films “The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez,” “The Gendarme in New York,” and “The Gendarme Gets Married” on a film projector. 
19. In the film “One Man”, Olivier de Funes played Monsieur Evans’ nephew. Uncle and nephew are father and son. In general, father and son played together in 6 films. 
20. Many French comedies were remade in the USA in the form of remakes - “The Toy”, “The Runaways”, “The Unlucky” and others.
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