The French comedy film "Sur un arbre perché" ("Perched
on a Tree") was released on 14 April 1971. The film was directed
by Serge Korber and written by Pierre Roustang . Main stars are Louis
de Funès, his son Olivier de Funès and Geraldine Chaplin. The music
was composed by Alain Goraguer.
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"Sur un arbre perché" poster
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Synopsis
Henri
Roubier (Louis de Funès), a French highway industrialist, returns
from Italy. He has just concluded with the
Italian Enrico
Mazzini (Franco
Volpi)
an
agreement ensuring them the
total control
over European highways. While driving along the Mediterranean,
Roubier picks up a young hitch-hiker
(Olivier de Funès) and a lovely young woman Mrs. Muller (Géraldine
Chaplin). The two passengers force Roubier to make a detour via
Cassis. As night falls Roubier
is distracted by the passengers and
he
misses a turn...
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| Louis
de Funès as
Henri Roubier |
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Geraldine
Chaplin as
Mrs. Muller,
Olivier
de Funès as
hitch-hiker and
Louis
de Funès as
Henri Roubier |
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Main
cast
- Louis
de Funès as
Henri Roubier
- Olivier
de Funès ashitch-hiker
- Geraldine
Chaplin as
Mrs. Muller
- Alice
Sapritch as
Lucienne Roubier
- Paul
Préboist as
radio journalist
- Hans
Meyer as
Colonel Muller
- Roland
Armontel as
Father Jean-Marie
- Franco
Volpi as
Mazzini
- Jean-Jacques
Delbo as
yacht owner
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Olivier
de Funès as
hitch-hiker and
Louis
de Funès as
Henri Roubier |
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Louis
de Funès as
Henri Roubier,
Geraldine
Chaplin as
Mrs. Muller and
Olivier
de Funès as
hitch-hiker |
Trivia
- The
initial film
project
was called "L'Accident" ("The
Accident").
Yves Montand and Annie Girardot would
star in the film, but
after
reading
the story Louis de Funès found it to be a good subject for comedy
and the script was completely rewritten by
Jean Halain and Serge Korber.
- Shirley
MacLaine was originally to play
Mrs. Muller.
However, following a dispute over filming dates, she had to give up.
- This
is the 6th and last time that Olivier de Funès played
together with
his father. After
this film Olivier became
an airline pilot.
- The
car
used in the film is
a 1965 Chevrolet Impala SS convertible.
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| 1965 Chevrolet Impala SS convertible |
