Made grandpa of resistance

Papy made of resistance is a French film carried out by Jean-Marie Poiré, left in 1983. It is, at the origin, a play written by Martin Lamotte and Christian Clavier.

Synopsis

The " Bourdelle" (Jacqueline Maillan), large Professional singer, is the wife of large resisting and maestro André Bourdelle (Jean Carmet), killed by the explosion of a grenade sent and replaced on the bench of its car by a Tennis man. The Bourdelle family very quickly sees her private mansion invested by the German forces. Complaining with the Kommandantur made excesses, it, its daughters and their tenant help an English soldier to escape and hide it.

The family, which must face the acrimony of their former caretaker Ramirez (Gerard Jugnot) become agent of the Gestapo, is considered better by the general Spontz (Roland Giraud) who will bind with the girl Bourdelle (Dominique Lavanant). But the son (Martin Lamotte), a hairdresser apparently couard and effeminate, is in fact Super-Résistant. As for the tenant Michel Taupin (Christian Clavier), in love unhappy with one of the Bourdelle young ladies, her insistent will to join the Résistance involves many adventures. Imprisoned stupidly after the episode of Kommandantur, it meets resistant, Felix/Frémontel (Jacques François), which entrusts to him, being believed about to be shot, but here are released by Super-Résistant, and Felix who sees themselves encumbered of a pot of adhesive…

Although she swore not to sing as long as there would be a German on the ground of France, Bourdelle is seen forced by Spontz to take part in the reception of the half-brother of Hitler, the marshal von Apfelstrudel (Jacques Villeret). The resistant ones entrusted to Michel Taupin the responsibility to make there jump a bomb.

Towards the beginning of the year 1980, a televised debate joins together them (put aside Ramirez which is replaced by his/her son Ramirez JR…) and turns very quickly to the catastrophe obliging the organizer to make cut the antenna.

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Around film

  • the film is supposed to make fun of films on Resistance, instead of Resistance itself. Certain associations the old resistant ones expressed their dissatisfaction to be seen thus brocardés.
  • the name of the Spontz general evokes a recurring character of the Aventures of Tintin , the Colonel Sponsz. Spons means sponge as inhabitant of Brussels.
  • the name of the marshal played by Jacques Villeret, Apfelstrudel, is that of a Pâtisserie Autrichienne.
  • Left the same year as death Louis de Funès, the film was dedicated to him. It was to play the part of Grandpa besides. It is its old accomplice of the Gendarmes , Michel Galabru, who replaced it with the raised foot.
  • the film contains a false end, followed by a televised debate of the Dossiers of the screen where one finds the majority of the characters later a few tens of years, with some surprises. It is acted in fact of a double reference: the credits of the Files of the screen , passage of the Spirituals for Orchestrated (1959) Morton Gould, is also known to be used by the scenario writer Jean-Pierre Melville in the Army of the shades (1969), film emblematic devoted to Resistance.
  • the castle of Tool bag-in-Brie (Seine-et-Marne) as its park were used as decorations with the final scenes of film.

Resemblance to the Great Ramble

Made grandpa of Resistance having left after great success the Great Ramble, it could not retain himself to take as a starting point the scenario of Oury. Indeed the history seems to be the same one: An big family of musicians, taking as a starting point the model of Toscanini as with Stanislas Lefort, finds itself with an English under the arms. There too they will be pursued by the Gestapo, and will have to place it in clandestinity. The scenario of Grandpa made of Resistance is thus very similar to that of the Great Ramble.

Drive characters

  • Michel Taupin: Michel Taupin is resulting from an not-easy medium and, after having studied the Greek and Latin, it decides to teach it in progress private individuals. He seeks a housing in Paris then and fall on André Bourdelle, who proposes a room in his residence to him. The days pass and Michel becomes engaged to Bernadette. He is a little the fifth wheel of fits with body and is regarded as being of the family only when that arranges Bourdelle. Whereas it tried several times to join a resistance network, it is made refuse, until it decides to begin to him even its own resistance at the time of the arrival of the Spontz general at Bourdelle. After having contacted a chief of network of the name of Mireille, it has the role of posing a bomb in the castle of Mombreuse, where must find the marshal Von Apfelstrudel and other generals. In 1944, it contributes to the release of Paris with the Maréchal Leclerc.

  • Bernadette Bourdelle: Exit of a family of large musicians, it practices the violoncello and often passes to the academy of music of Paris. A little bêcheuse, it is an enthusiastic gaullist. Whereas it became engaged to Michel Taupin, it misleads it with the Spontz general. After the war, it Marie in May 1952 with Spontz with Vienna.

  • Helena Bourdelle : Celebrate Cantatrice, called " Bourdelle" , sad since the death of her husband, it tries to imitate the model of which it is fan, Arturo Toscanini, while trying to refuse to play in front of the Fascistes and the Nazis as long as they are in France. But it cracks each time. It engages in a personal resistance by collecting an English at it and while contributing to the installation of the bomb to kill the marshal.

  • Ludwig Von Apfelstrudel : Half-brother of Adolf Hitler, it was sequestered as the Masque of iron but succeeds in convincing his half-brother to keep it. He writes then Mein Kampf for him. Named Reichminister by Adolf Hitler, it was entrusted to him for mission of checking that the generals do their work in France. Whereas it inspects Paris, it is informed that the Spontz general is unable vis-a-vis Super-Résistant. It then decides to carry out an inspection to him; at the time of the meeting, it is captured by Super-Résistant and is taken along. Whereas he escapes from the car to which he was taken along with Adolfo Ramirez, it is mown on the road by a truck.

  • Hermann Spontz: Soldier, it fought in Russia, it is besides over there that it found the Gustav cat. Then it went up very quickly to the rank of general, it was then affected at the town of Paris. Obstructed to arrive in a house inhabited by large musicians, it decides to be lenient with the family. At this point in time he notices Bernadette, of whom he will be secretly the lover until the end of the war, for finally marrying it in May 1952 with Vienna. Whereas it must deal with Super-resistant which sows the terror near the Nazis and of the collaborationists in Paris, the marshal Von Apfelstrudel makes a visit. Then badly advised by Kuglich, Sponz organizes a festival which he will regret. Whereas the marshal is kidnapped, it decides to desert from the Wehrmacht to avoid the reprisals, it will be able to then re-examine Bernadette.

  • Adolfo Ramirez : Patriotic French not very , Adolfo lines up the easiest side of the Second world war. Former caretaker of the academy of music of Paris, Ramirez is aggravated by the comments of Bourdelle. He decides to join the Gestapo then to deal personally with Bourdelle. Whereas it carries out its survey, in spite of the threats of the Spontz general, Adolfo discovers many things that it will tell with his son (adultery of Bernadette, secret tunnel in the house of Bourdelle, quite strange death of Enrique the dwarf,…). When he he dies reversed by a truck with the Marshal Von Apfelstrudel, his/her son Adolfo Ramirez Junior leaves in Bolivia, like much of Nazis after the victory of the Allies. Ramirez Junior then tries after a fashion to save the memory of his/her father by making it pass for a double agent, which does not convince large world.

  • Guy-Hubert Bourdelle: hairdresser with the effeminatized manners, one believes it initially petainist by some of his declarations. But it is discovered that it is in fact Super-Résistant.

External bond

  • Grandpa made of resistance on Internet Movie Database

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