The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (TV 1991)

Director:

Desmond Davis

Writers:

A.E. Hotchner (novel), Gordon Cotler (teleplay)

Stars:

Joss Ackland, Sophie Barjac, Geoffrey Bateman

Cast

Credited cast:
Joss Ackland	...	Hermann Goering
Sophie Barjac	...	Martine
Geoffrey Bateman	...	Fuerbach
Leslie Caron	...	Coco Chanel
Nathalie Cerda	...	Edith Piaf
Marc Dejonge	...	Auxerre
Mylène Demongeot	...	Madame Rochaise
Donald Douglas	...	Major Ritter
Lynette Dundas	...	Denise
Richard Durden	...	Man Ray
Marc Duret	...	Pierre Monet
Christian Erickson	...	Karl
David Gabinson	...	Delocque
John Grillo	...	von Behr
Murray Gronwall	...	Louis Delor

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 1991 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Gestapon varjossa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Harmony Gold

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited from Where Eagles Dare (1968)

User Reviews

Good cast ... pretty-good movie

This is a pretty-darn-good World War II movie. The Germans take over the Ritz Hotel in Paris. Perry King has lived there for years (and, so, is allowed to stay). Later, he befriends Field Marshall Herman Goering; (after noticing that one of Goering's "valuable" paintings is a forgery), he gets hired as his art expert. Later, he gets pulled into the Resistance movement. At this point, the story gets dangerous for him (and continues to the end). Coco Chanel (Leslie Caron) becomes his close friend; he loves one of Coco's models. I enjoy David McCallum's role, as the weak-kneed son of the famed Ritz owner (who also gets involved in the Resistance).

It's a long movie (over 3 hours), so it fully paints each of the characters, and fleshes out the plot.