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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

G·1966·132m

Summary

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.

Cast

Bourvil

Bourvil

Augustin Bouvet, house painter

Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Squadron Leader Sir Reginald Brook, Royal Air Force

Claudio Brook

Claudio Brook

Peter Cunningham

Mike Marshall

Mike Marshall

Aircraftman Alan MacIntosh, Royal Air Force

Marie Dubois

Marie Dubois

Juliette

Pierre Bertin

Pierre Bertin

Juliette's grandfather, owner of the Guignol theater

Andréa Parisy

Andréa Parisy

Sister Marie-Odile

Mary Marquet

Mary Marquet

Mother Superior of the Hospices de Beaune

Colette Brosset

Colette Brosset

Madame Germaine

Benno Sterzenbach

Benno Sterzenbach

Major Achbach

Henri Génès

Henri Génès

Keeper of the Vincennes zoo with the Occitan accent

Paul Préboist

Paul Préboist

Fisherman in the boat

Sieghardt Rupp

Sieghardt Rupp

Lieutenant Sturmer

Guy Grosso

Guy Grosso

The talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra

Michel Modo

Michel Modo

Cross-eyed German machine gunner

Rudy Lenoir

Rudy Lenoir

German soldier on patrol

Jacques Bodoin

Jacques Bodoin

Méphistophélès from Faust at the Paris Opera

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Reinhard Kolldehoff

German corporal

Helmuth Schneider

Helmuth Schneider

German officer of the dining car

Hans Meyer

Hans Meyer

Otto Weber, elegant SS gruppenführer

Mag-Avril

Mag-Avril

Old lady in Juliette's building

Gabriel Gobin

Gabriel Gobin

Resistance fighter, stagehand at the Paris Opera

Paul Mercey

Paul Mercey

Mustachioed man at the Turkish Baths

Pierre Roussel

Pierre Roussel

Peter's table neighbor in the dining car

Pierre Bastien

Plombin

Peter Jacob

German general celebrating his birthday at “L’Hôtel du Globe”

Noël Darzal

Lucien

Jacques Sablon

Bébert

Jean Droze

Jean Droze

Talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra (uncredited)

Catherine Marshall

Nun at the Hospices de Beaune (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Posier

Jean-Pierre Posier

Patrick, mechanic (uncredited)

Alice Field

Alice Field

Parisian prostitute (uncredited)

Georges Atlas

Georges Atlas

Gestapo policeman at Augustin's house (uncredited)

Rémy Julienne

Rémy Julienne

German biker receiving a pumpkin (uncredited)

Anne Berger

Anne Berger

Marguerite from Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)

Guy Bonnafoux

Turkish bths employee / German officer (uncredited)

Clément Michu

Clément Michu

Railway postal worker at the station (uncredited)

Konrad von Bork

German Colonel (uncredited)

Jerry Brouer

Jerry Brouer

German soldier (uncredited)

Percival Russel

German sentry knocked out (uncredited)

George Birt

George Birt

Harry, gunner, Royal Air Force (uncredited)

Nicolas Bang

John, bomber, Royal Air Force (unaccredited)

Raymond Pierson

Raymond Pierson

German soldier (uncredited)

Christian Brocard

Christian Brocard

Station employee (uncredited)

Sacha Tarride

Sacha Tarride

The first boy (unaccredited)

Lionel Vitrant

Lionel Vitrant

Barbot (uncredited)

Anthony Stuart

Dick (uncredited)

Claude Salez

German officer (uncredited)

Fred Fischer

German colonel (uncredited)

Édouard Pignon

Extra at the Paris Opera (uncredited)

Jean Minisini

German soldier (uncredited)

Joachim Westhoff

Actor from Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)

Tony Rödel

Tony Rödel

German non-commissioned officer (uncredited)

Georges-Fréderic Dehlen

German colonel (uncredited)

Guy Fox

The fat guy (uncredited)

Jean Landret

Guide in Chaillot (deleted scene) (uncredited)

Charly Constant

Ludwig (uncredited)

Rolph Spath

German aide-de-camp (uncredited)

Gérard Martin

Harpist of the Paris Opera orchestra (uncredited)

Danièle Thompson

Danièle Thompson

Extra (uncredited)

Georges Dehneli

German Commander (uncredited)

Raoul Gola

Pianist (uncredited)

Horst Miessner

First German in the hammam (uncredited)

Jean-François Masson

Second German in the hammam (uncredited)

Bernard Mermod

Non-commissioned officer, clerk at the Kommandantur (uncredited)

Gary Ramm

ilot of the German observation plane that follows the gliders (uncredited)

Claude Rouillard

Second fisherman in the boat (uncredited)

Georges Ruseckis

SS chief in Paris (uncredited)

Joachim Weshoff

Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Gérard Oury

Dialogue

André Tabet

Dialogue

Georges Tabet

Screenplay

Danièle Thompson

Screenplay

Marcel Jullian

Writer

Jean-Charles Tacchella

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

February 10, 2023

7

I'd watched this entertainingly farcical French wartime comedy for about half hour before I realised that the chap who looked like Terry-Thomas was, actually, Terry-Thomas! He, like everyone else here, is in his element as an RAF bomber crew find themselves shot down over Paris and dependent on a rather disparate selection of people to try and keep them from the hands of the Gestapo, and to help smuggle them out of the city and to some semblance of safety. It has all the hallmarks of a slightly less bawdy "Carry-On" film with some characterful performances from Bouvril ("Bouvet") and the increasingly amusing Louis de Funès as the suitably over-the-top orchestral maestro "Lefort". Neither gent is really equipped to guide our hapless trio of airmen out of their own bathrooms, much less from the grasp of the Nazis - but with the help of some silk parachutes, cunning disguises, nuns and horses - well who'd bet against them? Unlike many other films of this genre, this is actually funny. Sure, you can readily predict what is likely to happen, and some of the misunderstandings do have you wondering how was that even possible, but the ensemble cast including an on form Andréa Parisy and Benno Sterzenbach as the (no so) menacing "Maj. Achbach" give this just a soupçon of class that belies it's roots. Dated? Well yes, but still surprisingly enjoyable to watch.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

French

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

opera
paris, france
general
world war ii
conductor
bomber
paratroops
french resistance
british soldier
nazi occupation
house painter
1940s
occupied france (1940-44)
royal air force