Up to His Ears

  • Ursula Andress: Alexandrine Pinardel
  • Jean -Paul Belmondo: Arthur Lempereur
  • Maria Pacôme: Suzy Ponchabert
  • Valérie Lagrange: Alice Ponchabert
  • Valéry Inkijinoff: Mr. Goh
  • Joe Said: Charlie Fallinster
  • Mario David, Roquentin
  • Paul Préboist: Corcnac
  • Jess Hahn: Cornelius
  • Jean Rochefort: Leon
  • Darry Cowl: Biscoton

The great adventures of Monsieur L. ( original title: Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine ) is a French-Italian film directed by Philippe de Broca in 1965 starring Ursula Andress and Jean -Paul Belmondo in the lead roles. The screenplay written by the director together with Daniel Boulanger, based on the novel The Sorrows of a Chinaman in China by Jules Verne.

Action

A young millionaire is his wealth so tired that he wants to take his life. As also fails the tenth suicide attempt, the counselor of the millionaire takes matters into their own hands. In the moment in which the young man sees surrounded by hired assassins, awakened without that he wants to be self-assertion, and the hunt begins. After a month, when the completed life insurance is forfeited in favor of the consultant, the millionaire is still alive.

Background

The exterior shots were taken in Hong Kong, Nepal (Kathmandu, Patan, Himalaya ), India ( Jaipur, Rajasthan ) and in Malaysia. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was released in theaters on December 25, 1965. The Film Review Board Wiesbaden gave the film title " Precious "

Reviews

" Freely adapted from Jules Verne resulting turbulent entertainment with numerous high-spirited staged chases and shows of strength Jean -Paul Belmondo. The parodic tone comes only in moderation to fruition, the emphasis is tangible fun, occasionally something klamaukhaft device. "

" Only moderately funny successful adaptation of a novel by Jules Verne by French director Philippe de Broca, who can not build on its previous successes comedy. "

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