Papy fait de la résistance (1983)

Bourdelle, a family of musicians, refuse to play for Germans during the war. They would like to liberate France using all possible means.

Director:

Jean-Marie Poiré

Writers:

Christian Clavier (based on an original story by), Martin Lamotte (based on an original story by)

Stars:

Christian Clavier, Michel Galabru, Roland Giraud

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christian Clavier	...	Michel Taupin
Michel Galabru	...	Jean-Robert Bourdelle
Roland Giraud	...	Le général Herman Spontz
Gérard Jugnot	...	Adolfo Ramirez
Martin Lamotte	...	Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, dit Super-Résistant
Dominique Lavanant	...	Bernadette Bourdelle
Jacqueline Maillan	...	Héléna Bourdelle
Jacques Villeret	...	Le maréchal Ludwig Von Apfelstrudel
Josiane Balasko	...	La pharmacienne
Michel Blanc	...	Le père Leboeuf
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Le joueur de tennis
Jean Carmet	...	André Bourdelle
Bernard Giraudeau	...	Un resistant arrêté
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Le colonel SS
Jean Yanne	...	Murat

Storyline

Bourdelle, a family of musicians, refuse to play for Germans during the war. They would like to liberate France using all possible means.

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Plot Keywords:

vengeance | spoof | song | singing | singer | 

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Taglines:

Le film qui a coûté plus cher que le débarquement

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Genres:

Comedy | Music | War

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French English German

Release Date:

26 October 1983 (France)

Also Known As:

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Filming Locations:

7 Rue de Béarn, Paris 3, Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Christian Fechner

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Louis de Funès was intended to play the role of Papy in the movie but he died before filming commenced. A dedication was given to him at the beginning of the movie : "A Louis de Funès...". But according to the documentary Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid (2014), he was intended to play the role of Maréchal Ludwig Von Apfelstrudel.

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Connections

Featured in Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid (2014)

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Soundtracks

Mademoiselle Swing
Raymond Legrand
Edition SALABERT
Interprétée par Irène de Trebert
Disque PATHE MARCONI-EMI Ref. 2C 134 15368/9

User Reviews

One of the funniest French movies ever! A classic!

With a cast of now extremely famous actors (in France), and outrageous humor, this movie is a huge classic in French cinema, one of these movies that is shown on French television at least once a year.

Americans or people of other nationality, might simply not "get" it though. Its typical French humor. I, as a Frenchman, find some American movies like Napoleon Dynamite or Adam Sandler films to be not funny at all (as would most Frenchmen, which is probably why they're not exported here at a large scale), although they are apparently successful in the US. It may be the same for this movie. I'd say its a movie made for a French audience, and very few non-French people would find it that good.

This is essentially a gross satire of the German occupation, a very delicate period in our history. A movie like this couldn't be made in our too politically correct times. The most hilarious and classic scenes are towards the end of the movie, with the hilarious Jacques Villeret playing "Hitler's brother". This is to me one of the funniest movies I've seen, and I would definitely recommend this to everyone, but non-French be warned; it is clearly Franco-French humor!