No roses for OSS 117
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | No roses for OSS 117 |
| Original title | Pas de roses pour OSS 117 |
| Country of production | France Italy |
| original language |
English French Italian |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 105 (original), 93 (German verse) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | André Hunebelle |
| script |
Renzo Cerrato Jean-Pierre Desagnat Michel Lévine Pierre Foucaud based on the novel Pas de roses à Ispahan by Jean Bruce |
| production | André Hunebelle Paul Cadéac |
| music | Piero Piccioni |
| camera | Tonino Delli Colli |
| cut | Jolanda Benvenuti |
| occupation | |
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No roses for OSS 117 is a Franco-Italian agent film from 1968 by André Hunebelle with John Gavin in the title role and Curd Jürgens as his opponent.
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A creepy murder syndicate came up with the lucrative idea of hiring out professional killers. Since these are mostly politically motivated attacks, the American secret service is seriously concerned. The CIA therefore sends its best man, OSS 117, who is supposed to smuggle himself into this mysterious secret organization as the felon “William Chandler” in order to get to the bottom of things and to take down the head of the gang. To clarify whether he is who he claims to be, gang doctor Dr. Saadi put OSS 117 through its paces on behalf of the mysterious head of this criminal organization, who is only called “the major”. Then OSS 117 alias Chandler is supposed to carry out his first contract killing. This leads him to North Africa. In the Middle East, a certain Heinrich van Dyck is to be liquidated, who, on behalf of the UN , is supposed to bring peace between two Arab tribes. This does not fit the ominous client, a certain Farouk Melik, into the concept at all. Saadi seems convinced that Chandler is not an impostor or a double agent, but the major is not so easily lured into the limelight. He instructs his medic Saadi to inject “Chandler” with a poison. If “Chandler” is not given an antidote after 24 hours, he will die.
Now OSS 117 is under a lot of pressure. In order to be able to carry out this murder assignment on van Dyck in a credible manner, OSS 117 must quickly organize a substitute corpse in order to make the liquidation of the UN mediator appear credible. Everything seems to be going as planned, a mishap happens. The newspapers report Van Dyck's violent death, but it reappears in public too early. With that, "Chandler's" double game is over. Farouk Melik is furious because he paid the major a lot of money for van Dyck's contract killing. Aïcha Melik, his daughter, had no idea about her father's machinations. She distances herself from him and confides in OSS 117 alias William Chandler. Thereupon the major Aïcha has Karas kidnapped by his bodyguard and brought to Rome. OSS 117, which now has to expect to die within the next 24 hours due to the exposure, follows the pretty Arab woman and can find her whereabouts. There he settles the murderous gang almost single-handedly, saving himself and Aïcha at the same time. Then both go on a recovery trip.
Production notes
No Roses for OSS 117 was created in Rome (studio) and Tunisia (North Africa scenes) from February 1968 and was premiered on July 28, 1968. The German premiere was on September 20 of the same year.
Flavio Mogherini designed the film structures . In this fifth movie about the French James Bond, OSS 117, the American John Gavin (Anthony Perkins' opponent in Hitchcock's Psycho ) took over from Frederick Stafford the role of the superhero penned by Jean Bruce . At his side, the ex-Bond girl Luciana Paluzzi (the "bad girl" in Fireball ) as well as the later Bond villain Curd Jürgens (Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me ) also participated.
Gavin's involvement in this Bond film copy resulted in Gavin being seriously considered for the re-casting of Bond in Diamond Fever (1971) after George Lazenby's departure .
Reviews
“Woven according to the tried and tested agent pattern and fueled by countless brawls, this cinema piece offers nothing new. Interesting at most Curd Jürgens in the study of the gang boss. "
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Adventure film that tries to escape the usual scheme through political allusions and comedy interludes."
Individual evidence
- ^ No roses for OSS 117. In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed December 8, 2015 .
Web links
- No Roses for OSS 117 in the Internet Movie Database (English)