The incorrigible

Movie
German title	The incorrigible
Original title	L'Incorrigible
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	1975
length	100 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Philippe de Broca
script	Philippe de Broca ; Michel Audiard
production	Alexandre Mnouchkine
music	Georges Delerue
camera	Jean Penzer
cut	Ghislaine Desjonquères
occupation
	Jean-Paul Belmondo : Victor Vauthier; Geneviève Bujold : Marie-Charlotte Pontalec; Julien Guiomar : Camille; Charles Gérard : Raoul; Daniel Ceccaldi : Prefect of Police; Capucine : Hélène; Andréa Ferréol : Tani Negulesco; Pascale Roberts : Adrienne; Dora Doll : Thérèse; Anna Gaylor : Madame de Pontalec; Bernadette Robert : Lucette; Albert Simono : Monsieur Pontalec; Robert Dalban : Freddy; Catherine Alric : Catherine; Michel Beaune : Minister; Elizabeth Teissier : Sybille; Anémone : prostitute;

The Despicable One (Original title: L'Incorrigible ) is a French comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca from 1975 with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Geneviève Bujold in the leading roles.

action

Victor Vauthier has only just left prison after three months in prison, when he is already relapsing into old behavior. He takes on different roles to sell other people things that do not belong to him. He tries to negotiate war supplies with Africans, and again he sells the house of one of his lovers. When selling a boat, the womanizer also manages to start a brief affair with the tricked person's wife. Then he returns to his own accommodation, a converted caravan in which he lives with the self-chosen hermit Camille. One day Victor receives a visit from his probation officer, Marie-Charlotte Pontalec. He confuses her with his numerous masks, especially since parallel to the conversation he is trying to conclude an arms deal with the Africans, while he pretends to be a rose grower with a difficult childhood. When he wants to see her again, she informs him that she has been prevented from attending a classical concert, to which Victor surprisingly appears in a large robe. He was even able to organize the best seats in the stalls, as he was with the singer Tani Negulesco three years ago.

After the concert he brings Marie-Charlotte home. She calls him to her office the next day, where she wants to know more about him. She knows from Camille that he has been unemployed for 15 years and that he was in prison for five years for robbery. Victor's curriculum vitae, however, has considerable gaps, so she does not know what he did in his youth. He leads her to a circus, where she learns that at the age of 14 he was found sleeping in the snow by circus people. However, she does not know whether this is true; she still enjoys the evening at the circus. To please Victor and the circus people, she takes them home with her. Her father is the manager of the Senlis Museum. Marie-Charlotte turns off the alarm system and leads her guests into the museum through a side entrance. Here hangs a three-part El Greco , which she proudly displays. When Victor tells Camille about it the next day, he immediately plans to rob the painting. He has Marie-Charlotte's parents called for what they think is a dinner with the Minister and wants to send Victor to the opera with her, but Marie-Charlotte decides to prefer to dine at home with Victor. This leads to numerous mishaps when the painting is stolen, but in the end it succeeds.

Camille has a side wing brought to the Minister of Culture, who confirms the authenticity of the work. Camille then asked for 500,000 francs for the handover of the second wing and another 500,000 francs for the middle section. Victor receives the first installment in disguise. However, when he reads in the newspaper that Marie-Charlotte said when questioned that she was alone on the night of the crime, he realizes that she must love him because she lied for him. Now he wants to undo everything and brings Marie-Charlotte the money. She would much rather do something with him and lock the money in a safe. Victor secretly gives her the key to a second locker and later transfers the money to her own account. The gang of thieves waived the second 500,000 francs in order not to fall into the trap of the police prefect. When Victor and Camille realize that they were set up by Marie-Charlotte, they are initially outraged, but Marie-Charlotte wants to share the wealth with them. Everyone is traveling south. Camille will soon have enough here because he has to beg from Marie-Charlotte about every expense. Victor, in turn, soon feels patronized by her, so that both men end up going back to their trailer.

production

The Senlis library, in the film the museum

The Château de Valgenceuse, in the film the residence of the minister

The incorrigible is based on the novel Ah mon pote by Alex Varoux . The film was shot in Paris, Orly Airport and Senlis , among others . Marie-Charlotte's apartment and the Senlis museum were found in the local library. The Château de Valgenceuse in Senlis served as the estate of the minister, and scenes about the circus were created in the town's cathedral.

The film opened in French cinemas on October 15, 1975. On December 16, 1975 it was shown in the cinemas of the Federal Republic of Germany, from January 20, 1978 it was shown in the GDR cinemas. In 2004 the film was released on DVD.

synchronization

role	actor	Voice actor BRD	Voice actor DDR
Victor Vauthier	Jean-Paul Belmondo	Rainer Brandt	Kurt Kachlicki
Camille	Julien Guiomar	Arnold Marquis	Walter Niklaus
Marie-Charlotte Pontalec	Geneviève Bujold	Evamaria Miner	Angelka Waller
Raoul	Charles Gérard	Friedrich W. Building School	Bert Brunn
Chief of Police	Daniel Ceccaldi	Klaus Miedel	Heinz Behrens
minister	Michel Beaune	Christian Rode
Tatiana Negulesco	Andréa Ferréol	Beate Hasenau

criticism

“A comedy with a lot of routine, mostly entertaining, fast-paced, with brilliant ideas. Without any noteworthy depth, but also beneficially without the claim to be taken too seriously. "

- Lexicon of international film