La Grande Vadrouille -1966--louis De Funes-1080... _hot_

No discussion of this film is complete without celebrating its two leads. Louis de Funès was already famous for Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez , but La Grande Vadrouille made him an international star. His character, Lefort, is a miserly collaborator by necessity who slowly discovers patriotism. De Funès plays him as a human jack-in-the-box of anxiety.

Louis de Funès brought a hyperactive, manic energy to the overbearing Lefort, while Bourvil provided a gentle, kind-hearted foil as the everyman Bouvet. La Grande Vadrouille -1966--Louis de Funes-1080...