The gentle one with the quick legs

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Movie
German title The gentle one with the quick legs
Original title La carapate
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1978
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Gérard Oury
script Gérard Oury
Danièle Thompson
production Alain Poiré
music Michel Philippe-Gérard
camera Edmond Séchan
cut Albert Jurgenson
occupation
synchronization

The Gentle One with Fast Legs is a French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury from 1978.

action

May 1968 : Jean-Philippe Duroc works as a lawyer in Paris . He lives with his father Marcel, whom he brings to relatives in Auxerre for a week . Then he goes to the prison in Lyon , where he visits his client Martial Gaulard. He was sentenced to death for alleged murder. However, although needs to Jean-Philippe him announce that his appeal was rejected, it holds out the prospect with a petition for clemency to Charles de Gaulle to want contact. Shortly afterwards, a prisoner revolt breaks out in Lyon prison, Martial is freed, steals the suit of the depressed Jean-Philippe and flees in his car. Jean-Philippe ends up in a detour and in underpants outside the prison walls and finally in the passenger seat of his car. Shortly afterwards he heard on the radio that he was considered to be the instigator of the prison revolt and that he only had the goal of freeing his client Martial.

With Martial he escapes by truck, on foot, by boat and finally by van that they stole from a farm. Since they run out of gas, they stage an accident and, with a little tomato sauce, a seriously injured Jean-Philippe. However, the plan to knock down the first stopping motorist and continue his car does not work because Jean-Philippe is found by a police bus. Martial happened upon the newly rich Panivaux couple, who were on their way across the border with their Rolls-Royce and numerous untaxed luxury goods. Gold bars and several million old francs are stored in the car. Martial steals the car and finds Jean-Philippe in Dijon . Although he was supposed to be taken to the local hospital, he got caught up in the student protests with the police. Martial and Jean-Philippe drive to Auxerre, where they pick up Marcel. Because the car has hardly any fuel in the tank, all three want to take the train back to Paris, but they go on strike. You spend the night in Auxerre, just as the Panivaux 'were stranded there because of the strike. Now you see your car more and more often without being able to catch up with it. In addition, they get caught in a bank robbery by Martial, in which they lose jewelry that they had saved from the car, among other things. The Panivaux 'and Jean-Philippe come into contact with each other via the car phone. Gisèle and Jacques Panivaux agree to buy back their own car for 200,000 new francs. Both groups meet in Paris.

In Paris, Jean-Philippe first tried to keep the appointment with Charles de Gaulle, but was late. The group follows him to the airport, where Jean-Philippe meets the general by chance in the men's room, introduces him to Martial's case and finally receives a signature on the pardon. However, upon his return Martial has already disappeared. He steals the ransom for the car from Gisèle Panivaux and then makes his way to the Latin Quarter , where his great love Bach-Yen is currently involved in the barricade fighting against the police. Jean-Philippe also joins Marcel and Rolls-Royce, because he wants to tell Martial about the pardon, which would only mean a prison sentence for him. By chance, Jean-Philippe gets caught in a television broadcast and is recognized by the police as a fugitive and arrested. The Rolls-Royce is set on fire by the angry protesters when the Panivaux 'have just found it. The millions are going up in flames. Marcel again appeals to Martial's conscience, who, according to his own statement, was also wrongly imprisoned and is now punishing Jean-Philippe in his place. Martial surrenders, signs a declaration that Jean-Philippe was just his hostage, and then escapes from the window. Bach-Yen is already waiting on a motorcycle on the road and both flee, but still find time to throw a life tire to Jean-Philippe , who fell into the Seine . He wishes them good luck in their further escape.

production

The gentle man with fast legs was filmed in Paris, Auxerre and Lyon, among others. The costumes were created by Tanine Autré , the film construction was done by Jean André . The song that is heard over and over again in the film is Because it's May by The Sunset Brothers. The background to the film is the partly radical student protests in France, which reached their climax in May 1968.

The film was released in French cinemas on October 11, 1978 and also opened in German cinemas on February 2, 1979. The ZDF broadcast the film on 16 February 1985 at the German television. In August 2004, The Gentle with Fast Legs was released on DVD.

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Jean-Philippe Duroc Pierre Richard Harry Wüstenhagen
Martial Gaulard Victor Lanoux Edgar Ott
Marcel Duroc Raymond Bussières Wolfgang Lukschy
Jacques Panivaux Jean-Pierre Darras Klaus Miedel
Commissioner Rocheteau Jacques Frantz Arne Elsholtz
Gustave Claude Brosset Michael Chevalier

criticism

The lexicon of international films called The Gentle with Fast Legs a comedy "which has at least parts of it wit, speed and situational comedy". "As a bowl from duty, Pierre Richard stumbles through various faux pas," summarized Cinema .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On TV this week . In: Der Spiegel , No. 7, 1985, p. 216.
  2. ↑ The gentle one with the quick legs. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ The gentle one with the quick legs. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ See cinema.de