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Le Diable par la queue
1969 Comedy
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Credits
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Director: Philippe de Broca
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Script: Daniel Boulanger, Philippe de Broca
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Photo: Jean Penzer
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Music: Georges Delerue
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Cast: Yves Montand (Le baron César Maricorne),
Madeleine Renaud (La marquise),
Maria Schell (Diane),
Jean Rochefort (Le comte Georges),
Jean-Pierre Marielle (Jean-Jacques
Leroy-Martin),
Clotilde Joano (La comtesse Jeanne),
Claude Piéplu (Monsieur Patin),
Tanya Lopert (Cookie),
Marthe Keller (Amélie),
Xavier Gélin (Charlie),
Jacques Balutin (Max),
Pierre Tornade (Schwartz),
Jeanne Berdin (Mme Passereau),
Charles Mallet (Le commissaire),
Philippe de Broca (Un campeur Suédois)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 90 min
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Aka: The Devil by the Tail
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Summary
A family of aristocrats have fallen on hard times. To pay for repairs to their crumbling
country chateau they are forced to use their home as a hotel. The local garage mechanic,
Charlie, provides a constant stream of guests for them by sabotaging any car that arrives
in his garage. The latest arrival is an important-looking man, César Maricorne,
accompanied by his two aides. When she learns that he is a gangster who has just
robbed a bank, the aging Marquise realises that her family’s financial worries may
be at an end…
Review
Yves Montand shows great promise as a comic performer in this entertaining farce from
Philippe de Broca. As is fairly typical of popular French comedies of this
period, the film’s charm lies much more in the idiosyncratic performances of its
stars than in its script or direction. Although Montand’s presence dominates
the film, there are pleasing – and downright eccentric – contributions from
his co-stars, notably Jean-Pierre Marielle, Maria Schell, Marthe Keller and the indispensable
Madeleine Renaud.
© James Travers 2004
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