Quickly grab the tiger by the tail

Movie
German title	Quickly grab the tiger by the tail
Original title	Le Diable par la queue
Country of production	France Italy
original language	French
Publishing year	1969
length	95 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Philippe de Broca
script	Daniel Boulanger Claude Sautet
production	Philippe de Broca Alberto Grimaldi
music	Georges Delerue
camera	Jean Penzer
cut	Françoise Javet
occupation
Yves Montand : Baron César Maricorne Jean-Pierre Marielle : Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin Jean Rochefort : Georges, Count de Coustines Madeleine Renaud : the marquise Maria Schell : Diane, Countess de Coustines Marthe Keller : Amélie, Baroness de Coustines Clotilde Joano : Jeanne Claude Piéplu : Monsieur Godmother Tanya Lopert : Cookie Xavier Gélin : Charles, car mechanic Jacques Balutin : Max, first accomplice Pierre Tornade : Schwartz, second accomplice Eddy Roos : Monsieur Passereau Janine Berdin : Madame Passereau Charles Mallet : Commissioner Philippe de Broca: Swedish tourist

Grab the tiger by the tail quickly (original title: Le Diable par la queue ) is a Franco-Italian feature film by Philippe de Broca from 1969. The screenplay was written by Daniel Boulanger and Claude Sautet . The leading roles are cast with Yves Montand , Jean-Pierre Marielle , Jean Rochefort and Madeleine Renaud . The film premiered in France on February 7, 1969, and in the Federal Republic of Germany it was released on August 28, 1969.

action

In the French provinces, a completely impoverished aristocratic family - three generations exist - can only save their ramshackle castle on the edge of the motorway if they temporarily turn it into a tourist hostel. The decay of the building is so advanced that 110 chamber pots alone have to be on the granary to prevent the rain from softening the ceiling fresco. The youngest of the clan is sent out to pull guests ashore by simulating car breakdowns together with their loved one, the gas station and garage owner Charles. The focus is then on the fight of the rogue grandmother leading the nobles against one of the guests, who introduces himself as Baron César Anselme de Maricorne and is accompanied by two "secretaries". In reality, however, César is a well-mannered crook who is on the run and, in addition to his winning charm, has the advantage of owning a (stolen) million that would be very desirable for the restoration of the castle. The crook loses the fight; he is married by an unmarried relative who is always available to the nobility.

criticism

The Protestant film observer summarized his assessment as follows: Thematically irrelevant, but presented by de Broca with impressionistic ease and not without a joke. Madeleine Renaud as the rogue old countess is worth seeing. From around 14. The lexicon of international films drew the following conclusion: A cheerful, piquant comedy that entertains amusingly with witty, charming ideas and macabre humor. The Frankfurter Rundschau ruled: It was great fun from director Philippe de Broca with a convincing Yves Montand in the role of Baron César de Maricorne. But also the other actors show consistently successful acting performances. Look out for Marthe Keller, who can be seen here in her first French film. The Wiesbaden Film Assessment Office gave the film the rating of “valuable”.

Web links

• Pack the tiger by the tail quickly in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Five pictures from the film at cinema.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 393/1969, pp. 391 to 392
2. ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2870
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.