The twins and the killer

Movie
German title	The twins and the killer
Original title	Les trois font la paire
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	1957
length	85 minutes
Rod
Director	Sacha Guitry
script	Sacha Guitry
production	Gilbert Bokanowski
music	Hubert Rostaing
camera	Philippe Agostini
cut	Paulette Robert
occupation
Philippe Nicaud : Jojo, Teddy and Partner Michel Simon : Commissioner Bernard Pauline Carton : Eveline Bernard Sophie Desmarets : Albertine Piédeloup Jean Rigaux : Marcel Bornier, actor Darry Cowl : Henri Valpreux, film director Clément Duhour : Monsieur Jean, the boss Jane brands : Georgette Bornier Robert Dalban : Inspector Walter Gilbert Boka : Duval, producer Julien Carette : Léon, innkeeper Christian Méry : Ernest, a gangster André Numès Fils : Commissioner Bernard's assistant Yvonne Hébert : Madame Walter Jacques Ary : Another gangster

The twins and the murderer (original title: Les trois font la paire ) is a French feature film (detective comedy with black humor ) from 1957 by Sacha Guitry , who also wrote the screenplay. The leading roles are cast with Philippe Nicaud (in a triple role ), Michel Simon , Pauline Carton and Sophie Desmarets . The film was first released in France on May 17, 1957 . In Germany it had its premiere on November 23, 1970 in the program of the Second German Television ( ZDF ).

action

It is the misfortune of the two twin clowns that they look so confusingly similar to a murderer and are therefore transported to the police headquarters immediately after the end of their circus performance, where they have to give extra help to the unintentional clowning of Commissioner Bernard. Namely, who emulates Maigret's deeds with little success , believes he has already found the solution to the riddle: One of the two is the murderer, the other his doppelganger. He is in the fortunate position of being able to avail himself of the help of chance, because the murdered man was playing a supporting role during the exterior shots of a film, when the perpetrator appeared out of the program and his crime was filmed by the film cameras. But Bernard is soon at the end of his Latin, because each of the twins confesses to the act to protect his brother.

While the inspector is still pondering the problem of the doppelganger, a gang of gangsters settles the case among themselves. The self-absorbed murderer Jojo, who only committed the act as a test of courage in order to be accepted into the gang, becomes too dangerous for the other members. When his picture appears in the newspaper, they kill him without further ado, not without first slipping him a farewell letter containing the confession.

criticism

The lexicon of international film concludes: "parody seasoned detective story that takes its entertainment value from the critical, yet casually thrown over-subscription of the people and the humor of the situation." Similarly, the judges Evangelical movie watchers (13 years after the premiere) : "A well-acted crime film from 1957, staged with a light hand by Sacha Guitry, whose inconsequential story about a murderer and his (twin) doppelgangers is presented in a way that is not unpleasant."

Web link

• The twins and the murderer in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 517/1970, p. 519
2. ↑ Lexikon des Internationale Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 4488.