Saturday, 9 December 2017

1970, Film: “L'homme orchestre”

On 18 September 1970 the French-Italian musical comedy "L'homme orchestre" (English title "The Band") is released in France. The film was directed by Serge Korber and written by Jean Halain with a musical score composed by François de Roubaix. Main stars are Louis de Funès , his son Olivier de Funès, Noëlle Adam and Puck Adams. An atypical de Funès film with still plenty of comedy but he also sings, dances and plays a father caring for two babies.

Synopsis
Monsieur Édouard - say Evan Evans (Louis de Funès) is a manager of a female dance group. He and his cousin Philippe Evans (Olivier de Funès) leads the group on a tour in Rome. Evans prohibits the dancers to socialise with men but one of the girls has a baby in Rome...
Olivier de Funès as Philippe Evans, Puck Adams as Hendrikje (Hendrika) Schimmelpenning
and Louis de Funès as Monsieur Édouard - say Evan Evans
Louis de Funès as Monsieur Édouard - say Evan Evans
and Olivier de Funès as Philippe Evans
Olivier de Funès as Philippe Evans, Louis de Funès as Monsieur Édouard - say Evan Evans
and Noëlle Adam as Françoise
Main Cast
  • Louis de Funès as Monsieur Édouard - say Evan Evans
  • Noëlle Adam as Françoise
  • Olivier de Funès as Philippe Evans
  • Puck Adams as Hendrikje (Hendrika) Schimmelpenning
  • Paul Préboist as Manager of the Roman hotel
  • Franco Fabrizi as Franco Buzzini
  • Christor Georgiadis as Chris
  • Paola Tedesco as The Sicilian girl
  • Tiberio Murgia as The Sicilian father
  • Marco Tulli as The commissioner
Olivier de Funès as Philippe Evans, Louis de Funès as Monsieur Édouard - say Evan Evans
Puck Adams as Hendrikje (Hendrika) Schimmelpenning
Paul Préboist as Manager of the Roman hotel, Franco Fabrizi as Franco Buzzini
and Louis de Funès as Monsieur Édouard - say Evan Evans
Filming Locations
  • Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
  • Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  • Rome, Lazio, Italy

Trailer (1970)

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