Alfred, the snap pea

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Movie
German title Alfred, the snap pea
Original title Les malheurs d'Alfred
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1972
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Pierre Richard
script Pierre Richard
Yves Robert
André Ruellan
Roland Topor
production Alain Poiré
Yves Robert
music Vladimir Cosma
camera Jean Boffety
cut Ghislaine Desjonquères
occupation

Alfred the Knallerbse , performance title in the GDR Alfred the Unlucky Raven is a French comedy film directed by Pierre Richard from 1972.

action

After Alfred Dhumonttiey's girlfriend suddenly went to the monastery after a happy time together, he decided to end his life by jumping off a bridge. TV presenter Agathe Bodard has the same idea, having learned that her secret lover, her boss François Morel, has no children. However, he had always told her about a son and promised her to leave his family when the son had his first communion behind him. In contrast to Alfred, however, she is not born to be unlucky. Alfred spends the night with Agathe and they both take care of each other. Alfred goes through several streaks of bad luck, through which boxer Kid Barrantin cannot sleep in the apartment under Agathe and the next day literally overslept his European championship fight in the light heavyweight division.

Alfred spends the next day in Agathe's apartment while she is at work. François Morel appears unexpectedly in the apartment and accuses Alfred of being to blame for Agathes attempted suicide. Alfred throws him out and later witnesses Agathe being released live on television. He too has no job and, at the suggestion of the unemployed Kid Barrantin, comes to a casting for a television program François Morels. The Paris versus Provincial Show is designed to allow a group of Parisians and a group from a provincial area to compete in different games. It is planned as a tour across the country, with the winner being able to win one million francs first. If the group Paris or Province also wins the second quiz in a new city, the profit is doubled. Alfred, Kid and other incompetent applicants fail the selection, but for that very reason are accepted as participants in the show. The aim is to let the troubled province win in order to restore calm in the country. Alfred and Agathe are not separated by the show: she has got her job back and is presenter of the show at Morel's side.

Paris wins the first quiz against the province by chance through Alfred. The Paris team is also always victorious in the following shows, with Alfred's luck always deciding the game. After numerous broadcasts, Paris has already won 512 million francs and could exceed the billion mark in the last broadcast. Alfred has luck in the game, but bad luck in love. During the tour, Morel manages to convince Agathe of his honest intentions. Agathe chooses him, and Alfred is left behind. Although he is sad, he is now trying harder in the game. This worries the highest circles in the state, since the profit of a billion old francs would go beyond the state budget. Therefore it is ordered to eliminate Alfred. Shortly before the finale, Alfred is mixed with an agent in his drink that causes uncontrolled fits of laughter. However, the drink falls into Morel's hands, who is now unable to moderate, but tells Agathe in front of all the audience that he only played with her. Agathe realizes that Alfred is the right man for her. The Parisians win the final and thus the billion. Alfred and Agathe have already retired to sea together, where they challenge their bad luck in a slowly filling boat, especially since Agathe is a non-swimmer. Swimming in the sea, they confess their love.

production

Alfred the Knallerbse was the second film directed by Pierre Richard , after The Scattered . As with his directorial debut, he also took on the leading role. The film was shot in Paris and Senlis , among others . The film constructions come from Théobald Meurisse .

The film opened on March 8, 1972 in French cinemas, where it was seen by around 1,300,000 viewers. It was also released in German cinemas on August 8, 1975. In the GDR, the film ran on December 23, 1981 under the title Alfred, the bad luck raven for the first time on DFF 2 on television. In August 2004 the film was released on DVD.

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Alfred Dhumonttiey Pierre Richard Harry Wüstenhagen
Agathe Bodard Anny Duperey Evamaria Miner
François Morel Pierre Mondy Heinz Petruo
Kid Barrantin Mario David Edgar Ott
Paul Jean Carmet Peter Schiff

criticism

The lexicon of international films found that Alfred, the snap pea "after a gag-rich start, is becoming an increasingly flattening comedy", which also hardly takes the opportunity to "satirically target the absurdities of the television business". “In a satirical way, but often just silly,” said Cinema succinctly.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See allocine.fr
  2. ↑ Alfred, the crackling pea. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Alfred, the crackling pea. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ See cinema.de