The bull
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The bull |
| Original title | Le pacha |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Georges Lautner |
| script |
Michel Audiard , Georges Lautner, Albert Simonin |
| production | Gaumont |
| music | Serge Gainsbourg |
| camera | Maurice Fellous |
| cut | Michelle David |
| occupation | |
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The bull (original title: Le pacha) is a crime film with Jean Gabin in the leading role. He embodies a detective who wants to avenge the death of a colleague. The plot of the Franco-Italian co-production is based on the novel Pouce! by French crime writer Jean Laborde . Directed by Georges Lautner , specialist in action-packed gangster films.
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Police Commissioner Louis Joss is six months from retirement. He is frustrated by the violence, crime and corruption in his district, but still leans into the police investigation with full vigor when his colleague Albert Gouvion is shot. This was preceded by a diamond robbery in which his dead colleague was probably involved. Albert supported the gang, whose head is an unscrupulous criminal with the nickname Quinquin (pronounced as French Can-Can ), by revealing official secrets.
Quinquin exchanges the valuable loot for cash, then he kills one accomplice after the other so that potential traitors are eliminated and he alone can dispose of the looted sum. His addiction to wealth is insatiable. Commissioner Joss puts the attractive night club dancer Nathalie, who lost her brother and her lover in the aftermath of the robbery, on him. But she too has to pay for it with her life. Nevertheless, Marcel Lurat - Quinquin's real name - goes into the deal that she proposed to him. Joss lured him into a trap with a 10 million coup.
Production notes
The premiere was on March 14, 1968 in Paris. In France, the film had over 2 million admissions. The film was released in the Federal Republic of Germany on July 23 of the same year.
The film composer Serge Gainsbourg has a brief appearance in which he sings his Requiem pour un con , which is also used as the theme music, in a recording studio. Brigitte Bardot can be heard on Léon's car radio with the song Harley Davidson .
According to IMDb, Henri Déus was doubled by Jean Sobieski.
Reviews
"Hard gangster film with a lot of action and a clear cut to the star Jean Gabin."
“A captivating gangster film, directed by genre specialist Georges Lautner with successful action scenes. France's film icon Jean Gabin shines here once more in his typical role as the tough, eponymous cop. Incidentally, the legendary composer and singer Serge Gainsbourg, who was also responsible for the film music, can be seen in a small supporting role as Serge. "
“French gangster film with Jean Gabin in the role of a police officer, whose methods are in no way different from those of the criminals he is hunted. [...] Because of the corpses and the brutality of some scenes, the film can only be recommended to older crime fans. "
literature
- Maurice Bessy, Raymond Chirat, André Bernard: Histoire du cinéma français. Encyclopédie des Films 1966–1970. (with photos for each film) Éditions Pygmalion, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-85704-379-1 , p. 187.
Web links
- The bull in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The bull in the online film database
- The bull in the synchronous database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Der Bulle . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2013 (PDF; test number: 39 366 V).
- ↑ a b https://heroculte.wordpress.com/tag/henri-deus/
- ↑ Entry in the French Allocine film database
- ↑ JP's box office
- ↑ IMDb start dates
- ↑ Background information in the French Allocine film database
- ↑ IMDb cast list
- ↑ The bull. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 31, 2016 .
- ^ Film review, prisma.de
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 338/1968.