La folie des grandeurs (1971)

Note Générale:

7,2/10   

Réalisateur:

Gérard Oury

Scénaristes:

Gérard Oury (writer) &
Danièle Thompson (writer) ...

Date de sortie:

13 décembre 1971 (France)

Genre:

Comedie | Histoire

Plot Keywords:

Licking Dog | Parrot | Poisoned Cake | King | Servant

Avis des utilisateurs:

A delight for french speaking audiences - how does it work for others?

Ensemble

Louis de Funès	...	Don Salluste de Bazan
Yves Montand	...	Blaze
Alice Sapritch	...	Dona Juana
Karin Schubert	...	The Queen
Alberto de Mendoza	...	The King
Don Jaime de Mora y Aragon	...	Grand d'Espagne
Eduardo Fajardo	...	Grand d'Espagne
Antonio Pica	...	Grand d'Espagne
Joaquín Solís	...	Grand d'Espagne
Venantino Venantini	...	Del Basto
Gabriele Tinti	...	Don Cesar
Paul Préboist	...	Le muet
Sal Borgese
Astrid Frank
Robert Le Béal

Autre(s) titre(s):

Delirios de grandeza (Spain)
Delusions of Grandeur
Die dummen Streiche der Reichen (West Germany)
Don Louis der Größenwahnsinnige (West Germany)
Les sombres héros (France) (working title)
Mania di grandezza (Italy)

Durée:

Argentina:108 min | USA:85 min | France:108 min

Pays:

France | Spain | Italy | Allemagne de l'ouest

Langue:

Français | Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-8 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:PG

Lieux de tournage:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Société:

Gaumont International

Anecdotes:

Gérard Oury planned to give the role of Blas to Bourvil. But as Bourvil died in 1970, Yves Montand ultimately got it...

Connexions:

figure dans Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003) (TV)

A delight for french speaking audiences - how does it work for others?

As all other comments have pointed out, this is a real delight, thanks to top acting and directing talent, great dialogs, clever parody of Morricone and spaghetti westerns... I know the film by heart, as it has been on french TV at least once a year since it was made: 30 years ago! I'd really be interested in knowing what kind of entertainment value people from the USA, people who are neither living near France nor in a french speaking environment, find in this movie. Because it seems so very specifically french to me...

And I noticed that more or less every comment here comes from someone who's got either a language or some other European strings attached helping them getting the movie's humor.

Louis de Funès is a cult figure in France, he is an artist apart from everyone else. I love him, and I would be so curious to know what effect he, as well as that french comedy style, have on someone who doesn't have my cultural background...

Anyway, to anyone who has the opportunity to see this film, it's quite a curiosity, unique in its own way!