Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Timing: 2:12 (132 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1966-12-08

Country

France, United Kingdom

Production

Les Films Corona, The Rank Organisation, Lowndes Productions Limited

Genre

Comedy, War

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

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Director

Gérard Oury

Actors

Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Terry-Thomas, Claudio Brook, Mike Marshall, Marie Dubois, Pierre Bertin, Andréa Parisy, Mary Marquet, Colette Brosset
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Scenario

Jean-Charles Tacchella

Producer

Robert Dorfmann

Operator

Claude Renoir

Composer

Georges Auric

Artist

Audition

Editing

Albert Jurgenson
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• Stanislaw is shown playing the piano at the Paris Opera. During the period of German occupation of France, Louis de Funès earned a living playing the piano in Parisian bars.
• In America, the film was released under the title “Don’t Look Now — We’re Being Shot at.”
• Ranks 66th in attendance among foreign films in Soviet cinema distribution.
• Louis de Funès' character, conductor Stanislas Lefort, states during interrogation by the major at the headquarters that he was born in 1914, which is the actor's actual year of birth.
• In the final chase scene, a genuine German reconnaissance aircraft, a Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, appears—these were used in France after the war. On the ground, the protagonists are pursued by German soldiers and the major from the headquarters in American M3 armored personnel carriers simulating German Sd Kfz 251s. An American Willys MB modification can also be seen on the headquarters grounds.
• The second film by director Gérard Oury (after 'Razzia') in which he brought together two famous comedians—Bourvil and Louis de Funès.
• The finale of the film features the 'Rakóczy March' from Hector Berlioz's dramatic legend 'The Damnation of Faust'.
• The B-17 (B-17G-85VE 44-8846) featured in the film was a real participant in World War II.
• In the same scene, de Funès states that he was supposed to meet a man named Maréchal. This is the surname of Bourvil's character from the film "Razinya".
• In Soviet distribution, the film was extended by 10 minutes to be a two-part series, through the addition of a "summary of part 1" and additional opening and closing credits.
• In the airplane, the pilots whistle the tune of the American song "Tea for Two".
• In the scene on the country road, the English march while whistling "Rule, Britannia".
• Filming took place from May 16 to July 1966.
• The film set a national attendance record that lasted 42 years and was broken by "Welcome!".
• Stanislas is shown playing the piano at the Paris Opera. During the German occupation of France, Louis de Funès earned a living by playing the piano in Parisian bars.
• Louis de Funès' character, during interrogation by the major at the commandant's office, states that he was born in 1914, which is the actor's actual year of birth.
• In Soviet distribution, the film was split into two parts and extended by 10 minutes due to a synopsis of the first episode and additional opening and closing credits.
• In the final chase scene, a German reconnaissance aircraft, the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, appears in the frame – these were used in France after the war. On the ground, the protagonists are pursued by German soldiers and a major from the commandant's office in American M3 armored personnel carriers, simulating German Sd Kfz 251s. One of the modifications of the American Willys MB can also be seen on the commandant's office grounds.
• The film set a national attendance record that lasted 42 years and was broken by "Welcome to the Raccoons!"
• In the same scene, de Funès states that he was supposed to meet a man named Mareschal. This is the surname of Bourvil's character in the film "Le Caporal".
• On the plane, the pilots whistle the tune of the American song "Tea for Two".