Shot drive to San Remo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Shot drive to San Remo |
| Original title | Les cracks |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alex Joffé |
| script | Alex Joffé Gabriel Arout Pierre Lévy-Corti |
| production |
Antoinette Albert Tristam Miall Jane Scott |
| music | Georges Delerue |
| camera | Jean Bourgoin |
| cut | Eric Pluet |
| occupation | |
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Shot drive to San Remo (original title: Les cracks ) is a co-production between France and Italy resulting film comedy from 1968 with the comedian Bourvil in the lead role.
action
In France in 1900 the first major road bike race from Paris to San Remo is to take place. The shrewd tinkerer Duroc developed a new and innovative racing bike especially for the event . His brother-in-law should start and win the race with this bike. Duroc took over financially during the construction, which is why the creditors are now on his back, especially the pedantic bailiff Mulot, whom Duroc can escape at the last second by bike.
Arriving at the start, Duroc experiences a nasty surprise: his brother-in-law has joined a rival stable and no longer wants to know anything about the bike or the deal. Angry and looking for revenge - as well as knowing about the pursuer Mulot - Duroc registers himself with the wonder wheel and goes into the race.
And indeed, thanks to its invention, Duroc leaves its brother-in-law and the competition behind and can defy all eventualities such as mountain stages and flat tires.
At a stage destination, Mulot can finally take possession of Duroc and his bike. When he heard of its superior technology, he made a suggestion to the inventor: Duroc would remain unpunished, but he had to form a racing team with Mulot and cede shares to them. Despite Mulot's overly correct instructions and the unfair Italians, Duroc remains in the front. In the dangerous final sprint to San Remo, he even benefits from the fact that his brakes were sabotaged by an unknown person. When he lies down shortly before the goal, the assassin reveals himself: Mulot himself cut the brakes in order to enable victory with an almost fatal shot. Furious, Duroc drags himself over the finish line with his bike in his hand. But he doesn't care: in the end he chases Mulot through the city angrily.
criticism
"Mostly enjoyable entertainment that is tailored to the comedians Bourvil and Hirsch."
literature
- Maurice Bessy, Raymond Chirat, André Bernard: Histoire du cinéma français. Encyclopédie des Films 1966–1970. (with photos for each film) Éditions Pygmalion, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-85704-379-1 , p. 182.
Web links
- Shot drive to San Remo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ shot drive to San Remo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .