Largo Winch

Short summary of the history

Nerio Winch, an old businessman to the head of a financial empire of ten billion dollars, has neither children, nor potential heirs. It adopts a Yugoslav orphan then name of Winczlav Largo.

This last, absconder inveterate of orphanages, will appear as skilful with the women as with the life of vagrant.

At twenty-six years, when Nerio dies assassinated by a framework of the group, Largo inherits all fortune and is found with the head of a monstrous financial empire. O.P.A., assembled negociations, blows, action, chicaneries, diversions are the ingredients of this explosive cocktail bathing in the universe of the high finance.

Sometimes attracted, disgusted or subjugated by all this billion, caught up with in the past and fighting against a too harmful future, the playboy billionaire saw palpitating adventures with his/her friends, Simon Ovronnaz, ex-robber and Freddy Kaplan, aviator Monegasque of Israeli origin .
(see also Group W)

Novels and news

; Jean Van Hamme, Largo Winch , Mercure de France, 1977 - 1980

Series at the origin of the imaginary world.

Largo Winch and Groupe W (1977), Mercure de France, 307 p.
Titer alternate (republication out of pocket): “Largo Winch - the Group W”
Largo Winch and the alternate Cyclops (1977), Mercure de France, 333 p.
Titer (republication out of pocket): “Largo Winch - the Cyclops”
Largo Winch and the Last of the Doges (1978), Mercure de France, 334 p.
Titer alternative (republication out of pocket): “Largo Winch - the Last of the Doges”
Largo Winch and the Fortress of Makiling (the Hour of the Tiger, 1) (1979), Mercure de France, 330 p.
Titer alternate (republication out of pocket): “Largo Winch - the Fortress of Makiling”
Largo Winch and Revolted of Zamboanga (the Hour of the Tiger, 2) (1979), Mercure de France, 331 p.
Titer alternate (republication out of pocket): “Largo Winch - Revolted of Zamboanga”
Business alternative Blues (1980), Mercure de France, 326 p.
Titer (republication out of pocket): “Largo Winch - Business Blues”

What differentiates in particular the novels and news from the other products resulting from the series, it is the style particularly believed, the Sexe, the Violence and the Humor. For the cartoons, and it is even truer for the televised series, the stories were relatively edulcorated and also brought up to date: characters curiously changed name and of nationality (Simon Ovronnaz was exchanged with Freddy Kaplan), of the countries were replaced etc the world evolves/moves! This whole of news is ignored compared enough with BDs, which is damage because the feather of Jean Van Hamme did not miss at the time of pepper. The novels are finished on a cul-de-sac whereas series data base grows rich by new intrigues. Since the success of its career of scenario writer data base, the author seems today to ignore the writing of these novels.

Cartoons

All these cartoons are published at Dupuis, in the collection Repérages. The volumes are organized in diptychs (for example H and Dutch Connection ), each combination of two volumes being able to be easily read in a random order in spite of some references to the preceding volumes.

the Heir (November 1st 1990)
the Group W (September 4th 1991)
O.P.A. (November 4th 1992)
Business Blues (October 6th 1993)
H (September 7th 1994)
Dutch Connection (June 7th 1995)
the Fortress to Makiling (June 5th 1996)
the Hour of the Tiger (June 4th 1997)
See Venice… (September 8th 1998)
… And to die (September 6th 1999)
Golden Spoils (December 6th 2000)
Shadow (June 26th 2002)
the Price of the money (June 2nd 2004)
the Law of the dollar (November 2nd 2005)
the Three eyes of the guards of the CAT (March 28th 2007)
the Way and the virtue (in preparation)

Characters

See detailed articles Group W and List of the characters of Largo Winch

Derivative products

Televised series

The character of Largo Winch inspired a Televised series, diffused in France as from January 2001, whose screen is freed notably from that from the novels and cartoons. The general context and the principal elements are preserved but the adventures are different. Certain characters are common, sometimes with different functions (Michel Cardignac, John Sullivan, Alicia del Ferril…) but of others were created for the televised series (Joy Arden and Georgy Kerensky). The roles of Largo Winch and Simon Ovronnaz are respectively held by Paolo Seganti and Diego Wallraff.
See detailed article Largo Winch (televised series)

Video games

2002 : Largo Winch: One-way ticket for Balkans on PlayStation 2 GameCube, XBox and Windows

Developed by Ubi Soft France, editor Ubi Soft the September 5th 2002.

2007 : Largo Winch: See Venice… and to die , video game for mobile phone, with Mobile Hands one and SFR, Developed by Overloaded.

Board game

Largo Winch, Adriatic commission (2002)

Board game published by Tilsit. From 2 to 6 players for one 90 minutes intermediate duration. The play is to constitute best the episode of Largo Winch by accumulating the charts investigations and actions with like subject the Adriatique commission.

Music

Largo Song

Band its of the series. The song interpreted by Nancy Danino, and original music composed by Michel Dovecote.

Documentary

There exists documentary on the creation of the " Three eyes of the guards of Tao". A team of cinema followed Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Francq throughout the manufacture of volume 15 of series data base, since the first outline of Scénario, while passing by the Repérage S with HongKong until the Imprimerie. The 90 minute old film is carried out by Yves Legrain Crist and is produced by Kanari Films. Exit envisaged in DVD for Christmas 2007.

Film

A feature-length film (Largo Winch) which will take as a starting point the first 4 albums will be carried out in 2007 by Jerome Salle, according to a scenario of Julien Rappeneau. Tomer Sisley will interpret the role titrates of Largo Winch. Turning is scheduled for August in December 2007 and the exit is announced for on December 17th 2008.

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