“Big Walk” is an easy and fun film about a rather difficult and by no means fun period in the history of France. The main role was played by the actor, whose name was known in the second half of the last century, perhaps to everyone. Yes, and today they remember him. After all, he is one of the greatest artists of the comedy genre. Who played the main role in the film "Big Walk"? Actors, heroes, the plot of French comedy is the topic of today's article.
The film was released in 1966. This is the second film directed by Gerard Uri. He invited real comedic stars to this film. The participation of a talented duet marked "Big Walk". The actor, whose name will be called later, was known not only in his homeland, but also abroad. Especially in the Soviet Union.
In the USSR, the painting "Big Walk" was a great success. The French actor was voiced by such celebrities as Zinovy ​​Gerdt, Evgeny Vesnik, Alexander Belyavsky, Mikhail Gluzsky.
Plot
Events in the comedy unfold in the summer of 1942. World War II is in full swing. The English bomber, performing a responsible mission, was unexpectedly shot down by the Germans over occupied Paris.
The pilots were forced to urgently leave the blazing plane. But at the same time, they agreed to survive in spite of everything and after a certain period of time to meet each other in order to relax in the Turkish bath.
One of them was able to land on the roof of a small estate where the French painter Augustin Bouvet lives and works. Another pilot managed to fall on the roof of the Grand Opera. Together with his parachute, he finds shelter in the dressing room of the leading conductor Lefora, who is characterized by excessive narcissism and grouchy. And Reginald Brook, the commander and the first pilot of the crew, “threw” to the zoo, where he landed safely in a pond with seals.
But as soon as the English pilots appear in Paris, a grandiose walk begins, full of amazing and completely unpredictable adventures. All three members of the British squadron are trying to help the French escape from German patrols. And now, by miracle, the pilots who remained at large need to get together. However, this is almost impossible to do - the Nazis are everywhere, and only the crew captain speaks a little French. And then Bouvet and Lefort find themselves embroiled in this dangerous adventure, who have nothing to do but how to escape with the British. And the Turkish bath of the Paris mosque becomes the meeting place for the fugitives ...
Actors of the "Great Walk"
So who played Uri in the comedy? Of course, the famous Louis de Phineas. He played the role of Lephore in "The Great Walk." The actor Bourville perfectly complemented the fiery hero de Phineas with the image of the phlegmatic Bouvet. The director’s find was the idea to bring together two talented and so different comedians on the set. Other actors in the movie “The Big Walk” are Terry Thomas, Claudio Brook, Benno Sterzenbach, Mike Marshall, Colette Brosse, Marie Dubois.
Louis de Phineas
The actor was born in 1914. In childhood, he studied foreign languages, studied music and drawing. During the occupation of the French capital, the actor taught solfeggio. He played the piano superbly. “A little man who plays jazz like a god” is what the granddaughter of Guy de Maupassant once said about him, who later became his wife.
Louis de Phineas played about a hundred film roles in the fifties alone. He was not only an actor, but also a director and screenwriter. In 1980, de Phineas made the film “Mean”. The great comedian played the last role in the film “The Gendarme and Gendarmes”. The actor died in 1983 as a result of a heart attack.
Bourville
The real name of the actor is Andre Robert Rembour. His film career began in 1941. Real fame came in the fifties after the release of the film “Across Paris”. The role in this picture, along with the image of Bouvet from the “Great Walk”, is the most striking work of Bourville in the cinema. The actor died in 1970 after a long illness.