La Grande Vadrouille -1966--louis De Funes-1080... 🎉 🔖

Watching this in highlights the genius of de Funès' physical comedy. Every twitch of his nose and bugging of his eyes is captured with a clarity that the original grainier broadcasts lacked. A Production of Epic Proportions

plays Stanislas Lefort, a high-strung, arrogant conductor of the Paris Opera. La Grande Vadrouille -1966--Louis de Funes-1080...

The "odd couple" trope is perfected here. In La Grande Vadrouille , they are forced together when three British paratroopers are shot down over occupied Paris. The conductor and the painter must overcome their class differences and mutual annoyance to smuggle the airmen into the "Free Zone" of Vichy France. Watching this in highlights the genius of de

It manages to be a slapstick comedy, a wartime adventure, and a touching story of solidarity all at once. The "odd couple" trope is perfected here

From the rooftops of the Paris Opera House to the breathtaking landscapes of Burgundy and the French Alps.