Louis de Funes is a French actor who won the love of the audience at an age in which many of his colleagues are already sent to retirement. A short man, possessing not so much beauty as inexplicable charm, sought fame for many years. His early roles were mostly inconspicuous, were episodic in nature. While all the films of Louis de Funes, in which he starred, having already crossed the threshold of the 40th anniversary, I want to review again and again. Why not remember the best of them?
Comedy with Louis de Funes: the 50s
The film debut of the French comedian took place in 1946, when he appeared in the episode of the film “Six Lost Hours”. However, the first prominent role went to him only in the next decade. The “Bedroom for High School Students”, which was released in 1953, was not the achievement that made all the films of Louis de Funes look forward to with the audience. But the role of a crazy photographer, unable to subordinate even a door lock, first drew the attention of directors to the talent of the actor.
“Dad, Mom, Servant and Me” is a comedy in which the Frenchman plays in 1954, having already managed to celebrate his 40th birthday. Each appearance of his character on the screen makes the audience literally "choke" with laughter. Gradually, the actor gains a reputation as a person who can even make a sad drama a comedy story, almost all the films of Louis de Funes confirm this. His success is helped by a funny role in the film “Babies by a Coot”, released in 1956, where he becomes a fun social agent who has succeeded in his work.
Star roles
"The Gendarme of St. Tropez" - a tape, thanks to which the comedian declared his existence to the whole world. In this comedy, he got the role of the gendarme Kryusho, ready in any situation to take the side of justice, regardless of whether he was asked about it, the father of a charming daughter. All the films of Louis de Funes, devoted to the misfortunes of Cruchot - these are 6 incredibly funny stories.
Definitely worth a look the last part presented to the public in 1982. The character played by the French comedian is forced to free the gendarmes from captivity. Of course, he endlessly gets into piquant situations, forcing the audience to laugh.
In 1964, the actor gladly agrees to star in the film Fantomas. Louis de Funes is trying on the image of Commissioner Juve, chasing an insidious criminal with a resounding nickname. The villain earned his nickname due to the habit of using various masks at the time of committing crimes. Traditionally, the commissar, played by a Frenchman, amuses the audience with his clumsiness and ability to find himself in ridiculous situations. Fantomas is a trilogy. The last part was filmed in 1967.
Other interesting films
The above pictures are far from all the achievements of the ingenious comedian. The positive comedy “Opener” deserves to be watched, Louis de Funes in it appears before the audience as the gangster Leopold, who is trying to turn the simple-minded salesman Antoine into a courier carrying drugs for him. Of course, the situation does not unfold in accordance with the plan of the insidious Leopold.
Louis de Funes is capable of brilliantly playing not only an unprincipled bandit, but also the law-abiding director of an elite French restaurant. The character of the actor is demanding, tormenting employees with petty quibbles. One terrible day, the president of a small southern state is kidnapped from a restaurant. Trying to restore the reputation of the institution, the director takes on the search for the guilty.
There are other funny comedies with Louis de Funes. For example, you should pay attention to the tape "Big Vacations", where the comedian acts as a father with many children, forced to endlessly deal with the problems of his offspring.
What else to see
“Frozen” is an excellent humorous story in which the Frenchman embodies the image of the manufacturer, Hubert, a prudent businessman managing a company inherited from his father by his wife. His measured life turns over when the grandfather of his wife, who had been declared missing decades earlier, was suddenly announced. It turns out that for 65 years he lay in an ice block, not at all aged.
Louis de Funes left this world in 1983, having lived to be 68 years old, but wonderful comedies with his participation remained.