Oscar (1967 film)
- Louis de Funès: Bertrand Barnier
- Claude Rich: Christian Martin
- Claude Gensac: Germaine Barnier
- Agathe Natanson: Colette Barnier
- Mario David, Philippe Dubois
- Paul Préboist: Charles
- Sylvia Saurel: Jacqueline Bouillon
- Dominique Page: Bernadette
- Roger Van Hool Oscar
- Germaine Delbat: Charlotte
Oscar is a French comedy film from director Edouard Molinaro with Louis de Funès, based on the same stage success by Claude Magnier. The premiere was on 11 October 1967. In German-speaking countries, the film was also under the titles Louis, the dream dancers and Oscar, who Korinthenkacker.
The remake Oscar - From bad to worse originated in the U.S. with Sylvester Stallone in the lead role.
Action
The Industrial Bertrand Barnier is one morning in his villa visited by his accountant Christian Martin, who asks him for a high salary increase. At the same time Martin admits to have his boss stole a higher sum of money and asks for the hand of his daughter. In return, Martin promises not to make public a tax Barnier. After initial hesitation Barnier agrees. He speaks his daughter Colette on the incident, which is highly delighted with the news, but not Barnier. The maid Bernadette gives her the hint to specify a pregnancy. Then the father gives his consent.
A little later a young girl named Jacqueline Bouillon (original Bouillotte ) that explains to love Christian Martin. Furthermore, she claims to have spent over Martin, the daughter of millionaire entrepreneur. Barnier, meanwhile, is informed by his wife, Germaine, that it is at Colette's beloved around the former driver Oscar, who was fired two weeks ago. Even the maid Bernadette is planning to leave the household and to marry a friend of the family, the Baron de la Putinière. When Martin comes back, Barnier proposes insidious before a contractual agreement. Martin admits to being the father of Colette's child while the money is to be included as a dowry in the marriage. As a conclusion of this agreement Barnier get the stolen money back in the form of jewelry in a suitcase, which he now no longer be out of sight.
Jacqueline Martin then opened her true identity. This leads to a brief outburst of Martin and both separate. Barnier says Martin then his daughter Colette before, because he has contractually agreed to be the father of the child and to assume the duties of the missing Oscar. After Martin has been found in the limited and muscular Philippe, masseur of the Barnier, a replacement, Barnier announces its employees. The threat to go to the tax office, Barnier moves but to rethink and he signed Martin's promotion to Managing Director as well as a simultaneous increase in salary. Another paper signs Barnier carelessly unread.
On leaving the house the maid Bernadette confused her suitcase with the jewelry case Barnier, who eventually gets into the possession of Martin when he asks for Jacqueline's address, whereupon Barnier indicating a fictitious address. Martin admits also to have facilitated the businessman to a further sum of money, with the signed papers. The case moved more times the owner until the millionaire loses his nerve. After Martin was mistakenly sent to a House of Pleasure, where Jacqueline is supposed to live, Martin comes back dissolved and bring back the jewelery box. Delighted on recovering the jewelry Bertrand says the truth and sends Martin to Jacqueline.
A little later, an elderly lady named Charlotte applying for the vacant place of the housemaid. She had already been in the service of the chief's. It turns out that Jacqueline is the daughter of Charlotte and Barnier. Even the dismissed chauffeur Oscar enters the scene. Meanwhile, sweep the house, Bernadette returned to pick up her suitcase and inadvertently accesses back to the jewelery case. The entire group then attempts to obtain Bernadette's car, which just leaves the farm.
German version
Reviews
The contemporary critique of the film service praised Louis de Funès, which would make from the Bertrand Barnier " a magnificently crazy figure of overmatched manager " and delivered their own punch lines for the script. Has also highlighted the contrast game of Claude Gensacs Madame Barnier, the home scene, the color composition and the music of Jean Marion. De Funès had in the popular comedy already 1961/62 excels in the theater when his Filmkarierre stood still at the beginning. The big TV-Movie Film Encyclopedia De Funès spoke of "the best, because most comic film." At an overall positive judgment and the Evangelical movie watchers comes: " Mostly sparkling, solid craftsmanship and without artistic antics. The crushed face and the fidgeting of the jester, Louis de Funès, this gunman of comedy, is worth a visit to the cinema at not too high screwed claims. "
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- Peter Schiff, the German dubbing voice of Charles, spoke from the film The crosshead and Louis de Funès itself
- The figure Jaqueline Bouillon called in the original with the surname Bouillotte, which means as much as hot water bottle on German. The German name Bouillon turn is French for broth.
- The said Monsieur marinating called in the original Monsieur Müller, a German name actually.