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La Grande Vadrouille

Original title: La grande vadrouille
  • 19661966
  • GG
  • 2h 12m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
19K
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Louis de Funès and Bourvil in La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
Trailer for La Grande Vadrouille: 50th Anniversary
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AdventureComedyWar
Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid Nazi captivity.Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid Nazi captivity.Several ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid Nazi captivity.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
19K
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    • Gérard Oury
  • Writers
    • Gérard Oury(scenario)
    • Danièle Thompson(co-adaptation)
    • Marcel Jullian(co-adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Bourvil
    • Louis de Funès
    • Claudio Brook
    • Gérard Oury
  • Writers
    • Gérard Oury(scenario)
    • Danièle Thompson(co-adaptation)
    • Marcel Jullian(co-adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Bourvil
    • Louis de Funès
    • Claudio Brook
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 46User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    Videos1

    La Grande Vadrouille: 50th Anniversary
    Trailer 1:36
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    Louis de Funès and Bourvil in La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
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    Terry-Thomas in La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
    Mike Marshall in La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
    Michel Modo and Benno Sterzenbach in La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
    Louis de Funès and Bourvil in La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
    Terry-Thomas in La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

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    Bourvil
    Bourvil
    • Augustin Bouvet
    Louis de Funès
    Louis de Funès
    • Stanislas Lefort
    Claudio Brook
    Claudio Brook
    • Peter Cunningham
    Andréa Parisy
    Andréa Parisy
    • Soeur Marie-Odile…
    Colette Brosset
    • Germaine
    Mike Marshall
    • Alan MacIntosh
    Mary Marquet
    Mary Marquet
    • Mère Supérieure
    Pierre Bertin
    Pierre Bertin
    • Le grand-père de Juliette - propriétaire du guignol
    Benno Sterzenbach
    Benno Sterzenbach
    • Major Achbach
    Marie Dubois
    Marie Dubois
    • Juliette
    Terry-Thomas
    Terry-Thomas
    • Sir Reginald
    Sieghardt Rupp
    Sieghardt Rupp
    • Lt. Stuermer
    Reinhard Kolldehoff
    Reinhard Kolldehoff
    • Un caporal allemand
    Helmuth Schneider
    Helmuth Schneider
    • L'officier allemand dans le train
    • (as Helmut Schneider)
    Paul Préboist
    Paul Préboist
    • Le pêcheur
    Hans Meyer
    Hans Meyer
    • Officer S.S. Otto Weber
    Guy Grosso
    Guy Grosso
    • Un bassonniste
    • (as Grosso)
    Michel Modo
    Michel Modo
    • Soldat allemand qui louche
    • (as Modo)
      • Gérard Oury
    • Writers
      • Gérard Oury(scenario) (adaptation)
      • Danièle Thompson(co-adaptation)
      • Marcel Jullian(co-adaptation)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      This movie was seen by 17 million people in France, a box-office record in that country until Titanic (1997).
    • Goofs
      When Stanislas and Antoine enter Mersault and are standing in the place across from the Hotel du Globe, a modern lit up sign for the hotel stands above the doorway. In World War II, no lights were permitted outside that could be viewed from the air so if the sign had been there, it would have been dark.
    • Quotes

      Augustin Bouvet: [with strong French accent] You, you come with me to pick up Peter.

      Stanislas LeFort: No, you you come with me to pick up MacIntosh!

      Augustin Bouvet: No no no no, you you you! and if you don't come I... oh merde alors comment on dit ça...

      Stanislas LeFort: Comment ça "merde alors"? but alors you are French!

    • Alternate versions
      The original German release had several parts of the French original cut. Some of them might have been taken out because some gags could not be used because of the different languages used in the original (French, German and English). There is for example the quite funny scene when Claudio Brook reveals himself as an English man on the train when he says "I'm sorry" when spilling some vine. The German version instead just shows the angry German officer who commands to arrest the English soldier. Some parts are cut without any obvious reason - e.g. a humorous dialogue of Louis de Funès and Bourvil, their escape and chase in German uniforms. The German version just comes into the scene when they are already arrested.
    • Connections
      Featured in He does Bond: Rémy Julienne's Best Stunts (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Tea for Two
      (uncredited)

      Music by Vincent Youmans

      [Used as a recognition code]

    User reviews46

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    10/10
    Why is this movie so funny?
    Why is this movie so funny? And why is it universally judged to be so by people who don't understand French culture? I have asked myself this question while watching it for the Nth time and while asking myself why most Hollywood 'comedies' made today are not funny at all. I believe that the answer is that the basis of all comedy is to make fun of someone. Here, fun is made of sexual stereotypes, of the British, of the French and, most of all, of the Germans, Nazis in this case. Hollywood has become so politically-correct that it now only dares make fun of a WASP male in a business suit, and of no one else. Take the case of 'The Birdcage', a remake of the French comedy 'La cage aux folles' made some 20 years earlier. Being bilingual, I can testify that the original version is immensely more funny than the Hollywood remake. That is because the Hollywood bean-counters, who like to pass themselves off as artistic decision-makers, toned down most of the fun that had been made of homosexuals in the original movie. Ask Shakespeare or Moliere: the play or movie will be funny only if it pokes cruel fun at someone, provided it is not at you. Sorry for the politically-incorrect opinion.
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    • raypaquin
    • Dec 25, 2004

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    • Release date
      • December 8, 1966 (France)
      • France
      • United Kingdom
      • French
      • English
      • German
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    • Filming locations
      • Hôtel du Globe, Noyers-sur-Serein, Yonne, France
    • Production companies
      • Les Films Corona
      • The Rank Organisation
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    • 2 hours 12 minutes

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