Sharp curves for Madame

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Movie
German title Sharp curves for Madame
Original title Le grand restaurant
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1966
length 85 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Jacques Besnard
script Jean Halain
Jacques Besnard
Louis de Funès
production Alain Poire
music Paul-Louis Marion
camera Raymond Lemoigne
cut Gilbert Natot
occupation

Sharp Curves for Madame is a 1966 French comedy film starring Louis de Funès . The film about a choleric restaurant operator is also known in Germany under the title Oscar hat die Hosen and was also shown as Louis, the spaghetti cook , in the GDR it was shown under the title Das Großes Restaurant .

action

The Parisian restaurateur Septime runs a renowned gourmet restaurant , where he exhausts business operations almost to perfection. This is felt above all by his employees, whom he drills pedantically and sometimes harshly collapses. He is also not a shame to test the quality of his catering business in disguise.

When President Novales , head of state of an obviously Latin American country, announces his visit in the "Septime", the restaurant chef is in top form and prepares his arrival accordingly. At the climax of the evening, Septime wants to ignite the pyramid à la Septime , a multi-level flambé dessert. But this detonates, after which Novales seems to have disappeared from the earth.

The police, in the form of a dedicated commissioner, as well as the president's companions suspect a kidnapping and first of all as a mastermind. But after a police interrogation, he is exonerated. The commissioner explains to Septime that after Novales' inauguration, an opposition composed of the military had formed and operated from abroad. The police now suspect these opposition figures to be behind the kidnapping. But as only the viewer learns, the opponents, led by a collaborator from Novales' staff, are not behind the kidnapping either. To clear up the incident, they cling to Septime's heels from now on.

As the plot progresses, the choleric becomes more and more of a plaything for the parties involved. Novales' secretary Sophia forces Septime to investigate the case herself, and the police, in the form of the commissioner, secretly uses him as a decoy to arrest the opposition members (who are suspected by the police as kidnappers) in a fake ransom delivery. The action shifts to the Alps , where Septime's car is followed by Sophia and the opposition by car and by the police by helicopter. The police can arrest the opposition and no longer need a seventh.

But hardly released, Septime is kidnapped again and taken to a private estate. Here he meets the cheery Novales while working in the garden, who explains to him: The president himself faked his kidnapping in order to escape the stress of his office for a certain time. Novales later makes amends for Septime's unintentional victim: he leaves Septime to the media hype and fame for successfully clearing up the kidnapping and thus stylizes him as a hero.

The subsequent celebration is again rounded off by Septime's flambéed dessert - which explodes again ...

synchronization

actor role Voice actor
Louis de Funès Monsieur Septime Klaus Miedel
Bernard Blier Commissioner Martin Hirthe
Maria-Rosa Rodriguez Sophia Ursula Heyer
Venantino Venantini Henrique Harry Wüstenhagen
Folco Lulli President Novales Alexander Welbat
Noël Roquevert minister Wilhelm Borchert
Jacques Legras Police agent Horst Niendorf
Robert Destain baron Wolfgang Lukschy
Eugene Deckers Confidante of President Novales
France Rumilly baroness
Paul Préboist Sommelier Hans Hessling
Jean Ozenne Receptionist Hugo Schrader
Yves Arcanel Henri Rolf Schult
Pierre Tornade Maître Franz Otto Kruger
Michel Modo Roger Horst Gentzen
Frédéric Santaya Conspirators Gerd Martienzen
Robert Dalban Eduard Wandrey
Dr. Müller Heinz Petruo

criticism

“Enjoyable entertainment with successful ideas.” Is the brief description of the lexicon of international film . The Protestant film observer, on the other hand, draws the following conclusion: “A comedy suffering from imaginary consumption, which could not be made to make ends meet even with the help of the French original Louis de Funès. A completely misleading title should help a little. From 14 no concerns, but also no recommendation. "

Trivia

  • Louis de Funès is dubbed here by Klaus Miedel instead of Gerd Martienzen , in the DEFA version produced much later by Klaus Glowalla .
  • In one scene, Septime explains a recipe to German guest Müller. A lamp casts such a shadow on de Funès' face that it looks like Adolf Hitler with its beard and hairstyle . In addition, Septime speaks German (also in the French original) and adapts his speech style to Hitler's. This scene was cut in the GDR.
  • The exterior views of the restaurant shown in the film were taken in front of today's restaurant "Ledoyen" in Paris, which is located directly behind the Petit Palais on Avenue Dutuit.
  • In the German version, the word "Untermenschen", which is inappropriate in this situation, is used. This expression was not adopted in the GDR synchronization.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sharp curves for Madame. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Critique No. 452/1966, p. 820