Buccaneers of love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Buccaneers of love |
| Original title | Peter |
| Country of production | France , Switzerland |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1946 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marc Allégret |
| script | Marcel Achard |
| production |
Maurice Réfrégier René Guggenheim |
| music | Joseph Kosma |
| camera | Michel Kelber |
| cut | Henri Taverna |
| occupation | |
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Buccaneers of Love is a French-Swiss crime comedy from 1946 by Marc Allégret . The main roles are played by Fernandel , Simone Simon and Pierre Brasseur . Screenwriter Marcel Achard also wrote the novel of the same name (1933).
action
Migo appears as a dancer in the "Frou-Frou" cabaret, an entertainment venue in Montmartre in Paris run by a certain Lucciani. In a fit of jealousy, the spirited, snub-nosed entertainer shoots her flighty lover Rodrigue Goutari, who also appears as a dancer in this establishment and is notorious for his high wear and tear on women. But Migo just misses Rodrigue and instead meets the photographer Pétrus, a rather inconspicuous and unattractive man. What Pétrus does not know: the "Frou-Frou" also serves as the headquarters of a gang of counterfeiters, and Rodrigue is right in the middle. He is unscrupulous enough and when he and Pétrus are brought to the police station, the unsuspecting person has a bundle of counterfeit money in his pocket to get Pétrus into trouble and divert suspicion from himself. The police did not discover the flowers, but Pétrus did, who assumed that Rodrigue had slipped him the banknotes in order to use this bribe to deter him from a possible claim for damages. Pétrus, who feels pity for the vile deceived Migo, wants to use the money to play Migo's comforter and to shower the young lady with presents.
Pétrus took a photo of Rodrigue that shows him in a precarious situation with Lucciani's lover Francine. The photographer uses this kiss photo as leverage against Rodrigue to keep this not entirely harmless guy at a distance and also to protect Migo from him. Rodrigue, meanwhile, plans to break away with Lucciani's lover, but not without first breaking into the cabaret owner. The counterfeit money brought into circulation, with which jewelry was bought, makes the police sit up and take notice, and they begin to investigate in the vicinity of the "Frou-Frou". When it gets too hot for the counterfeiters, her boss, Lucciani Pétrus, decides to murder him as a pawn victim and Rodrigue as well, as Lucciani realized after discovering the compromising kiss photo that he wanted to relax his girlfriend. But things are going completely different than planned. Rodrigue does not die with a bullet from Lucciani, but rather becomes a victim of his eternal stories of women when a former lover kills him. Lucciani is arrested as the head of the counterfeit money gang, and the horse-faced Pétrus can hardly believe his luck when in the end Migo becomes his new girlfriend.
Production notes
Filming began on January 26, 1946. The filming took place in the Basel-Münchenstein studios from February 4 to March 30, 1946. The shooting ended on May 15, 1946, the outdoor shooting took place in Paris. The premiere was on October 2, 1946 in Paris, the Swiss premiere on December 6, 1946 in Geneva. The German premiere took place on November 9, 1954.
The film structures in Münchenstein were designed by the renowned French film architect Max Douy , Roger Fellous assisted chief cameraman Michel Kelber . Tony Leenhardt set the tone. The future star director Roger Vadim made a tiny appearance.
useful information
Pétrus was the first attempt by Swiss film to re-establish contacts in neighboring French-speaking countries after years of isolation due to the war. For the French director, the film meant a return home to Basel, where he was born in 1900 and had also spent part of his youth.
criticism
In the lexicon of the international film it says: “Dramatic confusion of love about a dumb photographer, a dancer and her faithless lover. Despite the renowned actors a film of ridiculous poverty. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Hervé Dumont : The history of Swiss film. Feature films 1896–1965. Lausanne 1987, p. 393
- ↑ The History of Swiss Film, p. 394
- ↑ Buccaneers of Love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 17, 2019 .
Web links
- Buccaneer of love in the Internet Movie Database (English)