On the screen appears low, skinny, balding man with a big nose. Begins to gesticulate excessively, angry, jumps, makes up all around. The application can be only one - that is before us Louis de Funes - the most renowned French comedian in the history of cinema!
His career began, however, very late. Even though he appeared in 137 films, the first great role he played until the age of 50! Then the numbers of viewers have grown to love him all over the world.
To this day, Louis de Funes is best known for his role as Sergeant Cruchot Ludovica, who had to wrangle not only the law failure citizens, but also with scatterbrained officers from his unit, and too frivolous daughter, Nicole. The first film from the "Gendarme" was founded in 1964 year. Louis de Funes was 50 . Comedy was entitled " Gendarme of Saint-Tropez "and our hero's task was to tackle the scourge of nudists. The huge success of the film meant that in later years next part: " The Gendarme in New York "," gendarme's Wedding , "" retired gendarme , "" The Gendarme and the aliens 'and' gendarme and police officer . " Was idea to create part of the seventh - " gendarme of Waterloo "- but it was interrupted by death of de Funes. Interesting are the circumstances of this series . It turns out that the idea was born in the head writer Richard Balducci, when during a holiday in Saint-Tropez his camera disappeared, and the local gendarmes are not very eager to look for the thief.
The year 1964 was a breakthrough in the career of Louis de Funes. It then also starred in the hugely successful crime comedy " Fantomas .
Completely broke as it turns out, the most famous French comedian ... he was not a Frenchman . He was born in 1914 in a Spanish family with aristocratic roots. But in the early twentieth century, the roots were already heavily decayed, and their pockets empty. Therefore, the state de Funes decided to move from Seville to Paris, where were born their children: Maria, Carlos, and the youngest Louis. At that time his father tried to mend a little family took up the budget and trade in diamonds (what ended up a flop). His mother took up the education of children. And it was a woman of changing moods, unpredictable choleric. She later became the prototype for many fictional characters in movies son.
Louis de Funes quickly abandoned school. The experience of his father podpowiadały that it is better to work and earn money. However, did not bend under pressure from her mother, who insisted that was a clergyman . After graduating from high school so he took on various jobs. He was, among others draftsman, assistant accountant, designer shop windows, bookkeeper, assistant assistant at the school, and even designer car body. In the meantime, has also tried to get into the army , but due to the increase in (164 cm) and weight (55 kg) was sent back empty-handed to the house. It was then that he began to accompany on the piano in Parisian bars and nightclubs. His musical "career" lasted until the outbreak of World War II.
But war broke out, and this time not bothering anyone nor height, nor weight of the future actor.After returning home in 1942 he decided to tie up with good acting-drama school examinations passed the so- well that he even offered to study for free.
At the end of the first role in Louis de Funes received, with 32 years . It was a fantasy comedy "The Temptation of Barbizon.
After a late, albeit somewhat unexpected success of "Fantomas`` and "the gendarme of Saint-Tropez", proposals for Louis de Funes and flew from the sky. Every year he played in two to four films and the vast majority of them were accepted by the audience with enthusiasm. How even " nincompoop "in 1965 - a funny story about a naive official who is framed for smuggling of precious stones from Italy to France. One year later de Funes starred in " Great drifter "- a crazy comedy of errors about the painter and conductor of peace who have the task of escorting airmen shot down over France during the war. The picture was nominated for an Oscar . In both of these films it partnered great French actor - Bourvil .
In 1971, de Funes starred in " Suspended in a tree "wacky comedy starring Geraldine Chaplin (daughter of Charlie Chaplin), whose shares almost entirely played out in a car that got stuck in the accident at the top of the tree. In turn, two years later, the actor starred in the comedy, which today would probably rather not arise. Why? " The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob "is the story of a malicious anti-Semite, who fled from the police, villains and his own wife takes on (ironically) in a rabbi to help him verify his views on Jews. Subject, admit, slippery and you had to have much sense to him not to ride.
Between the "Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" and another film with Louis de Funes passed three long years.What was the reason? In 1975, Louis was trying to play a major role in the comedy Le Crocodile. Pictures were to start in May. But in March, actor (inveterate smoker) suffered a large heart attack , after which until a few months he had to spend in hospital and rehabilitation. In the film back in 1976, playing along with Coluchem in " wings or leg . " Implementation has proved a real success, which encouraged the artist to the next project. In 1980, Cesar received a special award (pictured). He made his debut as a director in Skąpcu , the film based on the play by Moliere, in which he played the title, the pain stingy father. In the same year he suffered a second heart attack, weaken the stage during one of the performances of the Comedie de Champs-Elysees.
Louis de Funes, however, does not easily give up. He returned to the plan yet, playing in 1981 in " Mizzle . "A year later appeared in the last, the sixth episode of the series of adventures gendarmes - the aforementioned comedy "gendarme and woman police officer." It was his last movie . He died on 27 January 1983 at a hospital in Nantes, at the age of 69 as a result of a third heart attack. He was buried in the parish cemetery in Cellier, near the beautiful castle of Clermont, who for years belonged to the family of de Maupassant, and that he was able to buy the first large-earned money in the "Great drifter."(First wife was belonged to de Maupassant).
And what kind of man he was privately Louis de Funes? Oddly enough - apparently was a quiet, shy and domesticity, which prior to each meeting with the journalists had tremendous stage fright and feel simply lost.He was not an easy man. Sons from his second marriage accused him of despotism and avarice even morbid.The fact is that as many as one third of his substantial estate bequeathed Traditional Catholic Fraternity of Saint Pius X. .. One thing is certain, however - a passion of Louis was a garden, where he spent every free moment. Raised up a variety of orange rose petals, which is named after him. The French also celebrated his memory by placing the actor's likeness on postage stamps in 1998.
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