Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice |
| Original title | Le jardinier d'Argenteuil |
| Country of production |
France Germany |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 89 (Germany), 86 (France) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean-Paul Le Chanois |
| script |
Alphonse Boudard based on a novel by René Jouglet |
| production |
Roger de Broin Luggi Waldleitner Jean Gabin |
| music |
Serge Gainsbourg Michel Colombier |
| camera | Walter Wottitz |
| cut | Emma Le Chanois |
| occupation | |
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Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice is a Franco-German comedy film from 1966 by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Jean Gabin , Liselotte Pulver and Curd Jürgens in the leading roles.
action
Joseph Martin, a good-natured, grumpy, elderly gentleman who lives very comfortably in a railroad car in Argenteuil near Paris, is only called Monsieur "Tulipe" because of his love for his garden plants. Officially, the burly man earns his living with naive painting. In truth, however, Monsieur Tulipe is a gifted banknote counterfeiter who increases his otherwise meager income a little with the production of flowers with low francs (never more than 10 francs) for daily needs. Only his godchild Noël and his newly wedded wife, the Swiss nurse Hilda, know his well-kept secret. It is especially Hilda who urges the elderly to devote more time to the big bills. Finally, Joseph gives in to Hilda's insistence, and he, Hilda and Noël settle on the Côte d'Azur , where many rich people cavort. Monsieur Tulipe is having a good time there and, as an artist, finds favor with the cosmopolitan Baron de Santis, who loved Tulipes' painting.
The two gentlemen become friends, and the baron then invites Monsieur Tulipe to his classy yacht. After all, he would like to introduce his latest trouvaille to high society in the south of France. To do this, the men first go to the casino, where the banknote counterfeiter with his noble flowers quickly wins a fortune. With this he finances Noël and Hilda's honeymoon, including generous pocket money. Horrified by the massive police presence on site, Hilda and Noël immediately set about burning all the banknotes they could get hold of as dangerous evidence against them and Monsieur Tulipe. How can you guess that these were real bills that had been “laundered” in the casino by Tulipe's huge win? In any case, Monsieur Tulipe uses the rest of his profits to buy a horse-drawn carriage to return to his flower garden in Argenteuil.
Production notes
Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice was filmed in the Franstudio in Saint-Maurice and in the Studios de la Victorine (today: Studios Riviera) in Nice and premiered on October 7, 1966 in Paris. The German premiere took place on December 27, 1966. On the occasion of the upcoming 70th birthday of Gabin (May 17, 1974), the film was first broadcast on German television on May 11, 1974 (on ZDF during prime time).
Paul-Louis Boutié designed the film structures.
Argenteuil, mentioned in the original French title, is a rural municipality in the outskirts of Paris.
This cinematic collaboration between Gabin and Lilo Pulver was the second in two years. In 1964 they made the comedy Monsieur together, also directed by Le Chanois . Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice was the fourth (and last) collaboration between Gabin and director Le Chanois. With this film, the director said goodbye to cinema.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Martin | Jean Gabin | Klaus W. Krause |
| Hilda | Liselotte powder | herself |
| Baron de Santis | Curd Juergens | he himself |
| Noël | Pierre Vernier | Harry Wüstenhagen |
| Patricia | Katrin Schaake | Ursula Heyer |
| Restaurant chef | Noël Roquevert | Hans Hessling |
| Dora | Mary Marquet | Leny Marenbach |
| Patrick Gerard | Serge Gainsbourg | Thomas Danneberg |
| Thérèse | Annie Savarin | Marianne Lutz |
| Monsieur Arnaud | Charles Blavette | Konrad Wagner |
| Your Highness in the Casino | Jeanne Fusier-Gir | Elf tailors |
| croupier | Géo Beuf | Gerd Martienzen |
| sexton | Bernard Musson | Dietrich Frauboes |
Reviews
“The Franco-German color film (director: Jean-Paul le Chanois) has lovable, winking moments in which you can admire the great old Jean Gabin as Tulipe and a funny, always present Liselotte Pulver as the godson-fiancée. But there are also long dry spells in it, especially those in which the lives of playgirls and playboys of high society and semi-high society (at their head Curd Jürgens as baron) are dragged through the cocoa for the umpteenth time. There is no pepper, there is almost always no joke. "
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Boring philistine portrait with irrelevant content, which even a good leading actor cannot gain."
cinema.online commented: “Boring and conservative. Even a Jean Gabin can no longer do anything. Conclusion: barren flax mills in a beautiful ambience.
"Silly French-German crime fool."
Individual evidence
- ^ Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 25, 2015 .
- ^ Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice on cinema.de