Innocents in Paris

Movie
Original title	Innocents in Paris
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1953
length	102 minutes
Rod
Director	Gordon Parry
script	Anatole de Grunwald
production	Anatole de Grunwald, ; John Woolf
music	Joseph Kosma
camera	Gordon Lang
cut	Geoffrey Foot
occupation
	Alastair Sim : Sir Norman; Peter Illing : Panitow; Margaret Rutherford : Gwladys; Claire Bloom : Susan; Ronald Shiner : Dicky; James Copeland : Andy; Richard Wattis : Sir Norman's Secretary; Stringer Davis : English painter; Louis de Funès : French taxi driver; Jean Richard : French painter; Christopher Lee : Lieutenant Whitlock;

Innocents in Paris is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry .

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The perhaps somewhat fictional film is on the one hand a bit like an advertisement for trips to Paris. On the other hand, the film is about a currency restriction of five British pounds , which a maximum of every traveler who leaves Great Britain is allowed to apply . The export limit was established by Sir Norman, a British politician. In the film, a group of people travel from London to Paris and back over the weekend for a variety of reasons. During the film there is a change between the respective experiences.

Sir Norman :

Because an economic conference stalled due to the blockade of the Soviets, Sir Norman travels to Paris at the instigation of the Prime Minister to get the negotiations going again. Sir Norman is a person who never laughs and whose niggles torment him and his environment. At the airport on departure, Sir Norman declares an amount less than 5 pounds to the customs officer and shows him his pocket watch, a cigarette case, a lighter and cufflinks, which Sir Norman could theoretically monetize.

In Paris at the conference he came across the Soviet envoy Panitov, who continued to take a stand. During a break, Sir Norman takes an Alka Seltzer and wants to wash it down with water. Sir Norman confuses the glass with a glass filled with vodka and is upset. Then Sir Norman von Panitow is approached and after a few exchanges he is invited to a Russian establishment. There Panitow encourages him to drink a Russian drink.

After a few drinks, Sir Norman is in a good mood. He throws round the room and manages to get Panitow to approve the agreement by leaving his approval and signature on a tablecloth. Since Sir Norman has next to no money with him, he pays his debts with the cigarette case, pocket watch, lighter and cufflinks.

The next day, Sir Norman can announce the successful deal with the Soviets and indicate that he has an item that documents the successful deal. Back in London, Sir Norman, since he can no longer show his valuables to the customs officer, pats on the shoulder in a friendly manner and leaves the customs officer somewhat confused and at a loss.

Gwladys :

Gwladys, a somewhat older painter, is fascinated by the Mona Lisa, but would also like to paint a few pictures herself. In Paris, she first goes to the Louvre, where she meets a compatriot who regularly copies a picture there, namely the Mona Lisa. The next day, Gwladys looks for a few places that encourage her to paint. When she is painting a street scene, she is sitting next to a French painter who is painting the same scene. Gwladys paints it naturalistically and the painter paints the scene abstractly. Both painters are not at all taken with the other picture.

When the painter and Gwladys sit down in a café and place their pictures against a wall beforehand, a rich American passes by in a car. The painter and his friends want to sell the abstract work, but the American is only interested in the naturalistic work of Gwladys. Gwladys is persuaded to sell her painting for a lot of money.

With the money, Gwladys goes to the Louvre to meet her compatriot. The Louvre is closed, but Gwladys meets her compatriot anyway and persuades him to sell his latest copy to her for a lot of money.

When they return, Gwladys is suspected of having the original Mona Lisa, but it quickly turns out that the Mona Lisa is a "fake", as the customs officer puts it. Gwladys is outraged because, as Gwladys says, her copy is much better than the real Mona Lisa.

Dicky :

Dicky is a drummer for a military band that has to play for an event in Paris on Sunday. So the troop has time for Saturday. But what does a single person do with 5 pounds in Paris. So the whole band put together their 5 pound bills and draws which lucky musician will be drawn. It hits Dicky. Dicky goes to Pigalle, looks at the dancers and meets a Parisian woman with whom he has a nice evening. When he is invited to her apartment by the Parisian, he looks around in an unnoticed moment and sees that the woman has a little daughter.

He takes from the photos that the father is a French soldier. He then takes all the cash that he still has in his pocket, puts it in the room and secretly leaves the apartment.

The next day the Parisian walks past the chapel and greets Dicky. Dicky then plays especially loud with joy.

Andy :

Andy is a young Scotsman traveling to Paris for the first time. At a fair, Andy stands out with his tartan skirt, which is whirled upwards by a stream of air. Andy is hiding in a tent.

Susan :

Susan is a young English woman who misses her bus in Paris and is invited by a sympathetic Parisian for a private stay, which also includes the stay in his apartment. He has to suffer more than she does.

George :

George is an Englishman who has been to Paris several times and who stays there all weekend in a pub.

At the end of the film, the camera zooms in on a poster that says: “You will never forget this weekend in Paris.” Underneath is a drawn Flic winking at the viewer.

Web links

Innocents in Paris in the Internet Movie Database (English)