LA GRANDE VADROUILLE

La Grande Vadrouille is a French film realized by Gerard Oury, release in 1966.

This film, with the duet Bourvil - De Funès, was :

It is now 3e with the prize list of 20 films the most seen French history.

♦ Synopsis :

In 1942, during German occupation in France, the plane of five British aviators is cut down by Flak with the top of Paris. Its occupants jump then in parachute. The first lands inadvertently on the footbridge of a house painter, Augustin Bouvet, the second in zoo of Vincennes and the last with Garnier operated a grumbling conductor, Stanislas Lefort. The two French must then hide the aviators before accompanying them towards free zone so that they are repatriated towards The United Kingdom. Pursued by the Germans and in particular by major Achbach, the fugitive ones will know many adventures at the time of their voyage towards Bourgogne...

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♦ Famous retorts:

Stanislas Lefort, in full repetition with his orchestra, apparently delighted, congratulate his orchestra which applauds him : "No it is me (he applauds his orchestra). Sirs it was very well ! It was very well ! You it was indeed ! You it was very so-so. Say to me you, we did not hear to you ! Pay attention, pay very attention ! (to all the orchestra) No but listen to : I have a personal conception of the work, it is not enough taken in heart, it is not rather proud! Of the pride good blood : Papapa Papa Papapa ! You make for me gnagnagni ! It is some porridge all this ! It was not bad it was very bad : here is exactly ! Then we start again in 17."

♦ Broadcasting on the French television :

The first remote transmission was made the 1er January 1976 on the first French chain. On the whole, the film was diffused thirteen times on the first chain and eleven times on the second chain. It was also diffused on other chains.

On the first chain, the eighth diffusion was made in 1988 and had gathered 46,7% of the televiewers, eleventh in 2002, had gathered 9,0 million televiewers, and the twelfth in gathered 9,3 million.

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