The mutton with five legs
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The mutton with 5 legs |
| Original title | Le Mouton à cinq pattes |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henri Verneuil |
| script |
René Barjavel , Henri Troyat , Henri Verneuil |
| production | Raoul Ploquin |
| music | Georges van Parys |
| cut | Christian Gaudin |
| occupation | |
The mutton with five legs or The mutton with five legs ( French Le Mouton à cinq pattes ) is a French comedy from 1954 . In this Fernandel plays the six main roles. The film was released in Monaco on July 14, 1954 . France followed on September 24, 1954, Germany on June 16, 1955, Austria in August 1955 and the USA on August 9, 1955. In the GDR, the film was broadcast on television on October 19, 1963.
action
Trézignan is looking for a tourist attraction to revive the place. For this purpose, the city fathers want to round up the quintuplets of the old winemaker Edouard Saint-Forget, who brought the place great prosperity when they were born, and present them as a sensation for their 40th birthday. However, 20 years ago the winemaker threw all his sons out and they scattered to the wind. The godfather, the local doctor Marius Bollène, is given the task of looking for the sons.
The first son, Alain, is the owner of a beauty salon on Avenue Montaine. The second son is Désiré, who is a window cleaner in Grandes Carrieres. The third son, Etienne, is the captain of a ship in the South Seas. The fourth son, named Bernard, works disguised as a woman for a women's magazine. The last son is a chaplain in a small village and is constantly mistaken for a movie actor. During the celebration it was announced that Désiré had become the father of sextuplets.
Cast and dubbing
The film was dubbed twice, for the first time in 1955 by the Internationale Film-Union AG, Remagen . The dialogue book was created by Martin Morlock and directed by Georg Rothkegel . The second synchronization took place around 1988 based on a dialogue book by Eberhard Storeck and directed by Uwe Gaube .
| role | actor | 1st voice actor | 2nd voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edouard Saint-Forget | Fernandel | Heinz Klevenow | Peter Schiff |
| Dr. Alain de Saint-Forget | Fernandel | Richard Münch | Peter Schiff |
| Bernard Saint-Forget alias "Aunt Nicole" | Fernandel | Heinz Klevenow | Peter Schiff |
| Abbé Charles Saint-Forget | Fernandel | Klaus W. Krause | Peter Schiff |
| Désiré Saint-Forget | Fernandel | Klaus W. Krause | Peter Schiff |
| Etienne Saint-Forget | Fernandel | Heinz Klevenow | Peter Schiff |
| Undertaker Pilate | Louis de Funès | Fred Maire | |
| Marianne Durand-Perrin | Françoise Arnoul | Dagmar Altrichter | Kathrin Simon |
| Dr. Marius Bollène | Edouard Delmont | Leo Bardischewski | |
| As long as Saint-Forget | Paulette Dubost | ||
| Mayor Alphonse | René Génin | Dirk Galuba | |
| The teacher | Tony Jacquot | Dietmar Schönherr | Arnim André-Rohleder |
| sailor | Andrex | Alwin Joachim Meyer | Michael Stippel |
| chinese sailor | Ky-Duyen | ||
| Madame Durand-Perrin | Denise Gray | ||
| Durand-Perrin | Georges Chamarat | Horst Sachtleben | |
| Bistro host | Albert Michel | Werner Abrolat | |
| american sailor | Dario Moreno | Fred Maire | |
| Gendarme Gustave | Edmond Ardisson | Alwin Joachim Meyer | Michael Gahr |
| dark skinned sailor | Léopoldo Francés | Willi Röbke | |
| "Don Gormas" actor | Philippe Richard | Herbert Weicker | |
| Fina, housekeeper of the Abbé | Pâquerette | Haide Lorenz | |
| Antoine Brissard | Noël Roquevert | Wolfgang Eichberger | Christian Marshal |
| Sailor Eugène | NN | Herbert Weicker | |
| Passerby | NN | Peter Thom | |
| Firefighter | NN | Peter Thom | |
| Marie-Madeleine | NN | Gisela Peltzer |
Reviews
The film service says: “The excellent Fernandel plays all six main roles and makes the comedy a successful one-man festival. Well staged and also played in other roles, but sometimes quite hearty in its comedy. (Title also: "The calf with 5 feet") "
Cinema.de describes the film as a nice one-man spectacle.
Filmempfoice.com says: "It's a great old ham."
Honors
At the Academy Awards in 1956 , the film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
Web links
- The mutton with the five legs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Private fansite
Individual evidence
- ↑ The sheep with five legs - trailer, review, pictures and information about the film. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ The mutton with 5 legs. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Classic feature film »The Mutton with 5 Legs (1954; DF: 1955 and 1988). Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ German synchronous index | Movies | The mutton with five legs. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ The mutton with 5 legs. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ The mutton with 5 legs: trailer & review of the film. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ CINEMA online: Cinema at CINEMA: cinema program, films, DVDs, stars, trailers and more. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ The mutton with the 5 legs - criticism, film review, review. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
- ↑ TV feature film online: The sheep with the 5 legs - film review - film - TV SPIELFILM. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .