Le mort en fuite

The screenplay was so good they made a remake eighteen years later.Two comedians down on their luck want to hit the big time.They are actually very bad :and it is a delight to see two first-class actors such as Jules Berry and Michel Simon ;they were so good that they could get away with anything: their overacting on stage or when they pretend they are in love with the star of the music hall is fine art.

In order to draw the crowds,Berry suggest Simon "kill" him ;later he will "reappear" and both of them will become famous .This is a slapstick comedy ,but with a mad extremely funny script involving a "concierge" ,black humor,the guillotine ,two trials (and one takes place in Poland where people do not speak French ), shrinks (this man is not insane,so he must pay for what he has done).What people would do to gain fame...