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ComedyWar

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

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During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.

Release Date : 1966-12-08

Language :GermanFrenchEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Les Films CoronaThe Rank OrganisationLowndes Productions Limited

Production Country : FranceUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Bourvil

Character Name : Augustin Bouvet, house painter

Original Name : Bourvil

Gender : Male

Louis de Funès

Character Name : Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera

Original Name : Louis de Funès

Gender : Male

Terry-Thomas

Character Name : Squadron Leader Sir Reginald Brook, Royal Air Force

Original Name : Terry-Thomas

Gender : Male

Claudio Brook

Character Name : Peter Cunningham

Original Name : Claudio Brook

Gender : Male

Mike Marshall

Character Name : Aircraftman Alan MacIntosh, Royal Air Force

Original Name : Mike Marshall

Gender : Male

Marie Dubois

Character Name : Juliette

Original Name : Marie Dubois

Gender : Female

Pierre Bertin

Character Name : Juliette's grandfather, owner of the Guignol theater

Original Name : Pierre Bertin

Gender : Male

Andréa Parisy

Character Name : Sister Marie-Odile

Original Name : Andréa Parisy

Gender : Female

Mary Marquet

Character Name : Mother Superior of the Hospices de Beaune

Original Name : Mary Marquet

Gender : Female

Colette Brosset

Character Name : Madame Germaine

Original Name : Colette Brosset

Gender : Female

Benno Sterzenbach

Character Name : Major Achbach

Original Name : Benno Sterzenbach

Gender : Male

Henri Génès

Character Name : Keeper of the Vincennes zoo with the Occitan accent

Original Name : Henri Génès

Gender : Male

Paul Préboist

Character Name : Fisherman in the boat

Original Name : Paul Préboist

Gender : Male

Sieghardt Rupp

Character Name : Lieutenant Sturmer

Original Name : Sieghardt Rupp

Gender : Male

Guy Grosso

Character Name : The talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra

Original Name : Guy Grosso

Gender : Male

Michel Modo

Character Name : Cross-eyed German machine gunner

Original Name : Michel Modo

Gender : Male

Rudy Lenoir

Character Name : German soldier on patrol

Original Name : Rudy Lenoir

Gender : Male

Jacques Bodoin

Character Name : Méphistophélès from Faust at the Paris Opera

Original Name : Jacques Bodoin

Gender : Male

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Character Name : German corporal

Original Name : Reinhard Kolldehoff

Gender : Male

Helmuth Schneider

Character Name : German officer of the dining car

Original Name : Helmuth Schneider

Gender : Male

Hans Meyer

Character Name : Otto Weber, elegant SS gruppenführer

Original Name : Hans Meyer

Gender : Male

Mag-Avril

Character Name : Old lady in Juliette's building

Original Name : Mag-Avril

Gender : Female

Gabriel Gobin

Character Name : Resistance fighter, stagehand at the Paris Opera

Original Name : Gabriel Gobin

Gender : Male

Paul Mercey

Character Name : Mustachioed man at the Turkish Baths

Original Name : Paul Mercey

Gender : Male

Pierre Roussel

Character Name : Peter's table neighbor in the dining car

Original Name : Pierre Roussel

Gender : Male

Pierre Bastien

Character Name : Plombin

Original Name : Pierre Bastien

Gender : Male

Peter Jacob

Character Name : German general celebrating his birthday at “L’Hôtel du Globe”

Original Name : Peter Jacob

Gender : Male

Noël Darzal

Character Name : Lucien

Original Name : Noël Darzal

Gender : Male

Jacques Sablon

Character Name : Bébert

Original Name : Jacques Sablon

Gender : Male

Jean Droze

Character Name : Talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Droze

Gender : Male

Catherine Marshall

Character Name : Nun at the Hospices de Beaune (uncredited)

Original Name : Catherine Marshall

Gender : Female

Jean-Pierre Posier

Character Name : Patrick, mechanic (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean-Pierre Posier

Gender : Male

Alice Field

Character Name : Parisian prostitute (uncredited)

Original Name : Alice Field

Gender : Female

Georges Atlas

Character Name : Gestapo policeman at Augustin's house (uncredited)

Original Name : Georges Atlas

Gender : Male

Rémy Julienne

Character Name : German biker receiving a pumpkin (uncredited)

Original Name : Rémy Julienne

Gender : Male

Anne Berger

Character Name : Marguerite from Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)

Original Name : Anne Berger

Gender : Female

Guy Bonnafoux

Character Name : Turkish bths employee / German officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Guy Bonnafoux

Gender : Male

Clément Michu

Character Name : Railway postal worker at the station (uncredited)

Original Name : Clément Michu

Gender : Male

Konrad von Bork

Character Name : German Colonel (uncredited)

Original Name : Konrad von Bork

Gender : Male

Jerry Brouer

Character Name : German soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Jerry Brouer

Gender : Male

Percival Russel

Character Name : German sentry knocked out (uncredited)

Original Name : Percival Russel

Gender : Male

George Birt

Character Name : Harry, gunner, Royal Air Force (uncredited)

Original Name : George Birt

Gender : Male

Nicolas Bang

Character Name : John, bomber, Royal Air Force (unaccredited)

Original Name : Nicolas Bang

Gender : Male

Raymond Pierson

Character Name : German soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Raymond Pierson

Gender : Male

Christian Brocard

Character Name : Station employee (uncredited)

Original Name : Christian Brocard

Gender : Male

Sacha Tarride

Character Name : The first boy (unaccredited)

Original Name : Sacha Tarride

Gender : Male

Lionel Vitrant

Character Name : Barbot (uncredited)

Original Name : Lionel Vitrant

Gender : Male

Anthony Stuart

Character Name : Dick (uncredited)

Original Name : Anthony Stuart

Gender : Male

Claude Salez

Character Name : German officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Claude Salez

Gender : Male

Fred Fischer

Character Name : German colonel (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Fischer

Gender : Male

Édouard Pignon

Character Name : Extra at the Paris Opera (uncredited)

Original Name : Édouard Pignon

Gender : Male

Jean Minisini

Character Name : German soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Minisini

Gender : Male

Joachim Westhoff

Character Name : Actor from Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)

Original Name : Joachim Westhoff

Gender : Male

Tony Rödel

Character Name : German non-commissioned officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Tony Rödel

Gender : Male

Georges-Fréderic Dehlen

Character Name : German colonel (uncredited)

Original Name : Georges-Fréderic Dehlen

Gender : Male

Guy Fox

Character Name : The fat guy (uncredited)

Original Name : Guy Fox

Gender : Male

Jean Landret

Character Name : Guide in Chaillot (deleted scene) (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Landret

Gender : Male

Charly Constant

Character Name : Ludwig (uncredited)

Original Name : Charly Constant

Gender : Male

Rolph Spath

Character Name : German aide-de-camp (uncredited)

Original Name : Rolph Spath

Gender : Male

Gérard Martin

Character Name : Harpist of the Paris Opera orchestra (uncredited)

Original Name : Gérard Martin

Gender : Male

Danièle Thompson

Character Name : Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Danièle Thompson

Gender : Female

Georges Dehneli

Character Name : German Commander (uncredited)

Original Name : Georges Dehneli

Gender : Male

Raoul Gola

Character Name : Pianist (uncredited)

Original Name : Raoul Gola

Gender : Male

Horst Miessner

Character Name : First German in the hammam (uncredited)

Original Name : Horst Miessner

Gender : Male

Jean-François Masson

Character Name : Second German in the hammam (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean-François Masson

Gender : Male

Bernard Mermod

Character Name : Non-commissioned officer, clerk at the Kommandantur (uncredited)

Original Name : Bernard Mermod

Gender : Male

Gary Ramm

Character Name : ilot of the German observation plane that follows the gliders (uncredited)

Original Name : Gary Ramm

Gender : Male

Claude Rouillard

Character Name : Second fisherman in the boat (uncredited)

Original Name : Claude Rouillard

Gender : Male

Georges Ruseckis

Character Name : SS chief in Paris (uncredited)

Original Name : Georges Ruseckis

Gender : Male

Joachim Weshoff

Character Name : Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)

Original Name : Joachim Weshoff

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-02-10

I'd watched this entertainingly farcical French wartime comedy for about half hour before I realised that the chap who looked like Terry-Thomas was, actually, Terry-Thomas! He, like everyone else here, is in his element as an RAF bomber crew find themselves shot down over Paris and dependent on a rather disparate selection of people to try and keep them from the hands of the Gestapo, and to help smuggle them out of the city and to some semblance of safety. It has all the hallmarks of a slightly less bawdy "Carry-On" film with some characterful performances from Bouvril ("Bouvet") and the increasingly amusing Louis de Funès as the suitably over-the-top orchestral maestro "Lefort". Neither gent is really equipped to guide our hapless trio of airmen out of their own bathrooms, much less from the grasp of the Nazis - but with the help of some silk parachutes, cunning disguises, nuns and horses - well who'd bet against them? Unlike many other films of this genre, this is actually funny. Sure, you can readily predict what is likely to happen, and some of the misunderstandings do have you wondering how was that even possible, but the ensemble cast including an on form Andréa Parisy and Benno Sterzenbach as the (no so) menacing "Maj. Achbach" give this just a soupçon of class that belies it's roots. Dated? Well yes, but still surprisingly enjoyable to watch.