Rent La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

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1h 58min
Rent La Grande Vadrouille (aka Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
During World War II, when their combat aircraft is shot down by the Germans, three English airmen (including Terry-Thomas as Sir Reginald) parachute to the comparative safety of Nazi occupied France. One lands on the scaffold of an amiable painter and decorator, Augustin (Bourvil). Another lands on top of a concert hall and is rescued by the irascible but patriotic conductor Stanislas Lefort (Louis de Funes). The third ends up in the otter enclosure of a Parisian zoo. When they try to help the airmen keep a rendez-vous at the Turkish baths in Paris, Augustin and Stanislas quickly find that they themselves have become targets for the German soldiers.
Assisted by the daughter of a puppeteer and an anti-German nun, the two reluctant heroes accompany the three airmen on a reckless trek across France towards the safety of the neutral zone.
Actors:
, , , , Colette Brosset, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Peter Jacob,
Directors:
Producers:
Robert Dorfmann
Writers:
Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson, Marcel Jullian, Georges Tabet, André Tabet
Aka:
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Studio:
Optimum
Genres:
Classics, Comedy
Collections:
People of the Pictures, Terry-Thomas: The Comedy Icon
Countries:
France
BBFC:
Release Date:
15/10/2010
Run Time:
118 minutes
Languages:
French LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BBFC:
Release Date:
07/11/2016
Run Time:
124 minutes
Languages:
French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.50:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B

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Reviews (1) of La Grande Vadrouille

Funny French farce + chase movie (in French, English and German) with the late great Terry-Thomas - La Grande Vadrouille review by PV

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08/01/2015

The marvellous Terry-Thomas stars in this - and I could watch him in anything and be happy! But apart from his talents, this film is actually really good fun. A little dated, yes - and lots of that farce the French love so much, with lots of gaff-prone people around and some very old visual jokes.

However, it did make me laugh and has a really impressive ending though it does lag a bit in the middle.

I had never heard of this film until I read a newspaper article on war films - and can't remember it ever being on TV.

Think Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines in French - and then add lots of jokes from silent comedy - and that's about it really. And always OK to make fun of the Nazis too.

4 stars at least.

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