Monsieur (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Monsieur |
| Original title | Monsieur |
| Country of production | France Germany Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 93 (D), 105 (F) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean-Paul Le Chanois |
| script |
Pascal Jardin , Georges Derrik based on the play of the same name by Claude Gevel |
| production | Guy Lacourt |
| music | Georges van Parys |
| camera | Louis Page |
| cut | Emma Le Chanois |
| occupation | |
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Monsieur is a Franco-German-Italian comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois in 1964 and starring Jean Gabin and Liselotte Pulver .
action
"Monsieur" is René Duchêne, a respected, established bank director and grand seigneur from head to toe. But now his world is broken into pieces. He is absent-mindedly down the street when a pretty, blonde lady, obviously a prostitute, approaches him. Monsieur declines her obvious offer with thanks, then he sees who he has in front of him: it is Suzanne, his former maid. A conversation begins: “That was a nice position,” enthuses the pretty little one, “how is Madame?”. Well, Madame Duchêne has died eight days ago in a car accident. Monsieur Duchêne is saddened to death because of this, he doesn't know how his life can go on. He gives Suzanne all the money he still has with him and steers purposefully towards a river bank with the intention of drowning himself. The old man is already about to plunge into the water when the former employee Duchênes rushes over and stops him from performing the act of desperation. She explains to the amazed old man that mourning Madame is not worth it, because "Madame has cheated on her with someone else the whole time!" Duchêne is amazed; the grief is gone in the blink of an eye. Suzanne takes Monsieur with her, and over a bottle of Calvados the unequal couple discusses how Monsieur's life should go on in the future. But there is a problem: Monsieur is de facto already dead, because he has left his unloved in-laws who live with him a farewell letter. Surely his demise will soon be in all gazettes, and the hunchbacked relatives will fight over his (considerable) inheritance. But Monsieur also sees a lot of good things as a dead undead: he is rid of the greedy mischpoke and can now, freed from everything, start a new life.
Suzanne wants to join him, as his new beginning offers her the chance to get out of "the milieu". First of all, Duchêne lets his lawyer in on everything and forces him not to hand over a sou of his money to the heirs. Then he makes use of Suzanne's contacts to the demi-world and underworld: she knows a few crooks who would do a lot for money. And so Monsieur instructs three weird birds to break into himself and to steal all his cash from the safe and bring it to him. Said and done. Suzanne and her former boss then study the job advertisements to find a nice new job for both of them. The announcement from the young canning company Bernadac comes in handy: the man is looking for domestic staff for his little castle in the Chevreuse Valley. Both introduce themselves to the Bernadacs, Monsieur and Suzanne: as a job-seeking butler and as his daughter who wants to work as a maid. And indeed, Monsieur and Suzanne are hired. Monsieur and Madame Bernadac face a rather turbulent household. He is a cozy and mostly good-humored contemporary who lets a lot of things go through in the house. Madame, on the other hand, appears as a cheeky, capricious and yet also charming landlady. Bernadac is married to her second and brought the children Alain, a would-be playboy-to-be, and Nathalie, a rather unpredictable teenager, into this marriage.
The Bernadacs quickly realize that they have made a real catch with this butler. He is discreet, cultivated and confident, has impeccable manners and can even teach the employer couple a lot about social rules of conduct. He's the perfect steward, almost as if he were the head of the house and not Monsieur Bernadac. Nothing escapes Duchêne's attentive gaze, even Madame's budding love affair with the successful young writer Michel, who throws himself at Elisabeth Bernadac with stormy passion so that she threatens to weaken soon. Filius Alain Bernadac, on the other hand, has clearly cast an eye on Suzanne, and soon he won't get the pretty chambermaid out of his mind. But Suzanne is not befitting, and so a new problem soon arises. How can Alain enter into a liaison with Suzanne when the supposed father of the girl, Monsieur, is the Bernadacs house servant? Monsieur is now getting going and turning the tables. He makes it unmistakably clear that Alain is not too good for Suzanne, but rather this “useless” Alain cannot get his “daughter” Suzanne at the moment. Rather, Alain Bernadac should, according to Monsieur, first set up something of his own. Besides, Suzanne is the adopted daughter of an important and very wealthy banker. Finally Monsieur Duchêne blurts out the whole truth; this banker is himself. From now on, nothing stands in the way of the happy end of the young couple.
Production notes
Monsieur was shot in the Boulogne film studios and premiered on April 22nd, 1964. The film opened in Germany on August 28 of the same year.
Raymond Danon took over the production management, the film structures were designed by Jean Mandaroux . On the German side, the Munich Corona film production Alexander Grüters was involved in the production. The film veteran Gaby Morlay was in front of the camera for the last time, she died a few months after the shooting ended.
The collaboration between Gabin and Lilo Pulver went so well that they met again two years later in the crook comedy Flowers, Crooks and the Night of Nice , again directed by Le Chanois.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| René Duchêne, called Monsieur | Jean Gabin | Klaus W. Krause |
| Elisabeth Bernadac | Liselotte powder | herself |
| Suzanne | Mireille Darc | Alwy Becker |
| Edmond Bernadac | Philippe Noiret | Alexander Welbat |
| Michel Corbeil | Peter Vogel | Götz Clarén |
| Alain Bernadac | Heinz Blue | he himself |
| Madame Bernadac's mother | Gaby Morlay | Friedel Schuster |
| Duchêne's mother-in-law | Gabrielle Dorziat | Ursula War |
| Private detective | Jean Lefebvre | Gerd Martienzen |
| Monsieur Danoni | Claudio Gora | Friedrich Schoenfelder |
| Restaurant chef | Armand Meffre | Reinhard Kolldehoff |
| Antoine | Andrex | Siegfried Schürenberg |
| Marc | Alain Bouvette | Gerd Duwner |
Reviews
“Delicious fun and a new parade role for Grand Seigneur Jean Gabin. Instead of throwing himself into the Seine, he decides to swap his banker existence for the role of a butler for a while. Its perfection is unsettling. He discreetly overlooks the affairs of the capricious Lilo Pulver and with his nonchalance not only saves the peace of the house, but also marries his adopted daughter and disinherits greedy relatives. It's funny, served quickly and always exciting. "
In the lexicon of international film it says: "Entertaining" immoral "comedy with brilliant leading actors."
"Ready-made goods."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monsieur. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Monsieur. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 13, 2015 .
Web links
- Monsieur in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Monsieur at filmportal.de