L'as des as (1982)

Director:

Gérard Oury

Writers:

Gérard Oury (writer)
Danièle Thompson (writer)

Release Date:

27 October 1982 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sport

Plot:

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics...

Plot Keywords:

Olympics | Anti Semitism | Refugee | Boxing | Berlin Germany

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Jo Cavalier
Marie-France Pisier	...	Gaby Delcourt
Rachid Ferrache	...	Simon Rosenblum
Frank Hoffmann	...	Gunther von Beckman
Günter Meisner	...	Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler
Benno Sterzenbach	...	Major Aschbach - Gestapo officer
Yves Pignot	...	Emile
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maurice Auzel
Agnia Bogoslava
Peter Bonke
Alain David
Jean-Marie Djebaili
Gerhard Doleschall
Stéphane Ferrara	...	Un boxeur
Gerd Roman Frosch
Michael Gahr	...	Brückner - Hitler's adjutant
Tamara Kafka
Marc Lamole
Christoph Lindert
Jean-Roger Milo	...	Lucien
Hubert Münster
Dominique Nato
Jacqueline Noëlle
Florent Pagny	...	Un boxeur
Pierre Semmler
Hans Strecke	...	Customer
Sonja Tuchmann	...	Sarah Rosenblum
Martin Umbach	...	Lazare Rosenblum
Ernest von Rintelen
Hans Wyprächtiger	...	Oberleutnant 'Grandpa' Rosenblum

Also Known As:

Ace of Aces
Das As der Asse (West Germany)
The Super Ace

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France | West Germany

Language:

German | French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Cerito Films

Trivia:

In the German version Hitler (Meisner) speaks in front of his generals at the Obersalzberg about a detergent named Akropatz ("Gentlemen, only Akropatz makes a pot really clean!"). In the french version he speaks about his plans for invasion. In a second scene he says that somebody has send him tights: "...and I hate tights!" In the original version Hitler asks for "more living space for the growing German race".

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Le bourreau des coeurs (1983)

Belmondo at its best

This movie is a fine example of fun adventure, set in hard times. Belmondo plays french boxing coach, who travels to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Naturally he gets in all kind of trouble and saves a jewish family from deporation. Sound no fun? Well it is, the whole theme is played very light hearted and real fun to watch.