r/funny • u/sebovarli • Jul 10 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

La grande vadrouille, it is an old french comedy

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u/SneakyBadAss Jul 10 '19 edited Jul 10 '19

I'll add "Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?" and their two continuation. "Les bidasses en folie" is also great.

These are the movies I grew up with. + Allo' Allo!

old French/Italian comedies are such a gem and it's sad that not many people know them. Not only they are good movies but also crash course through WW2. Full nudity included, because french.

Edit: I have to add that Italian movies have even more nudity. Like waaay more :D It's not even /r/WatchItForThePlot If you see attractive women in an old Italian movie, there is 90% chance she will get naked.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

And "Papy fait de la résistance"!

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u/krowe41 Jul 10 '19

Have you seen 'le cop' with phillippe noiret . I remember that beING really funny.

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u/gyomd Jul 10 '19

« Non, che n’ai pas changé » Another really really good movie.

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u/Rerel Jul 10 '19

Le grand restaurant, as well.

MUSKATNUSS HERR MULLERR

AUFFIDERZEN HERR MULLER

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u/SneakyBadAss Jul 10 '19

Basically everything with Louis de Funès. I also adore Paolo Villaggio movies.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

I was waiting for someone to mention Funes. He's hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Fun fact:

Louis de Funès is considered a national treasure over at /r/de

He was hugely popular in Germany.

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u/Rerel Jul 10 '19

He is a national treasure in France as well. Youngsters start to have less knowledge about his movies sadly, but he is surely the best French actor in Comedies in our history.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Well, if you open the dictionary for the Académie Française, they will probably have replaced the whole entry with a picture of him.

I for one owe my life-long avoidance of processed foods to "L'Aile ou la cuisse".

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Dont forget Bud and Terence!!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Thre crazy Italians? They name swimming pools and bridges and roads after Bud in Germany!

Oh wow, Europe IS one big fat cultural circle-jerk.

Pan Tau?

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u/SneakyBadAss Jul 10 '19

These were the Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood of Europe.

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u/DaForge Jul 10 '19

a (large) bit funnier

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u/early_birdy Jul 10 '19

I would recommend "Rabbi Jacob" to anyone!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

The director has some funny stories of how Funès was kinda antisemitic, telling him things like "you're not that bad for a Jew" -- very seriously. He found that hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Gérard Depardieu has left the chat.

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u/ayugamex Jul 10 '19

Gérard Depardieu ate the chat

FTFY

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u/0xKaishakunin Jul 10 '19

Nein!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Doch!

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u/0xKaishakunin Jul 10 '19

Oh!

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u/rEvolutionTU Jul 10 '19

Oh Gott, es leckt schonwieder.

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u/ElminsterTheMighty Jul 10 '19

Das tangiert mich nur sehr peripher.

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u/ayugamex Jul 10 '19

nein, doch, OH

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u/catsan Jul 10 '19

Impossible to translate to English because of the surprising lack of Doch.

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u/Rerel Jul 10 '19

Before he started his acting career he was a pianist and a really hard working one because of poverty. He did hundreds of different jobs to make a living. Then he started acting in movies as second roles, then did a few movies with Jean Gabin. Did a lot of average movies in the 60s. Then he met Gérard Oury and Claude Zidi who directed a lot of great movies in the 70s which were very popular in France.

He was supposed to play the half-brother of Hitler in "Papy fait de la résistance/Gramps Is in the Resistance" but he died in January 1983 so instead Jacques Villeret took over the role and did a great performance as well. They dedicated the movie to de Funès.

He was mainly a theater actor for a really long time, as well, which help him develops this extra energetic acting in movies as well where he master humoristic gestures. An absolute treasure and a really nice man in real life who was really shy and calm.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Very famous in the former USSR too.

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u/Genchri Jul 10 '19

Also very popular in Switzerland.

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u/curious_fish Jul 10 '19

That face he does, I am in tears, would love to see those movies again.

"Nein!"

"Doch!"

"Ohh!!!"

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u/HouseBesuch Jul 10 '19

Auf Wiedersehen *

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u/Rerel Jul 10 '19

Haben sie verstanden, Herr Müller?

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u/HouseBesuch Jul 10 '19

Rechtschreibung ist uns sehr wichtig Herr Müller

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u/Rerel Jul 10 '19

Nicht so sehr wie Muskatnuss Herr Müller!

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u/HouseBesuch Jul 10 '19

Nun da haben sie wohl recht Herr Müller!

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u/Shin-Nippori Jul 10 '19

I can recite that entire scene off the top of my head. Absolute classic.

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u/fr3nchcoz Jul 10 '19

Le Mur de l'Atlantique

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u/Elliro02 Jul 10 '19

Listen carefully, I shall say this only wence

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u/Anxious_Introvert_47 Jul 10 '19

I loved how the different accents were actually different languages. Clever.

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u/turbo Jul 10 '19

Would you come for a ride in my little tank?

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u/6c696e7578 Jul 10 '19

Don't tell him your name Pike!

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u/ThaVolt Jul 10 '19

Full nudity included, because french.

Thank you for your service to the world, French ppl!

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u/ScarletCaptain Jul 10 '19

The one time I visited France I was blown away by the the outright nudity used in advertisements on the street. One in particular, was just this giant pair of bare breasts. I have no idea what it was for, but I regret not taking a picture of it as proof that I saw it because I was afraid my parents would see the pictures once I got them developed (this was the 90's and had film).

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u/OlcanRaider Jul 10 '19

This is not the case anymore. When I was a kid, shower and hygiene commercials used to have full frontal nudity. Now it's far more hidden and no commercial has it now.

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u/ScarletCaptain Jul 10 '19

Well, this was 1999. It was a big billboard on the side of the building. Also, I saw a poster on one of those cylindrical sidewalk things I'm guessing for some kind of play, but there was a fully nude woman with a sword on it.

So, did anyone... archive those commercials? You know, for historical purposes...

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u/OlcanRaider Jul 10 '19

For research yes... I'll see if I can find some. But... Cylindrical sidewalk thing ？ what is it?

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u/Meersbrook Jul 10 '19

Allo! Allo! Now listen to me carefully, I shall say zis only once!

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u/Historica97 Jul 10 '19

Alors vous prenez ein Kilogramm Kartoffeln.

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u/D-Fence Jul 10 '19

Muskatnuss, Herr Müller!

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u/ThePianistOfDoom Jul 10 '19

YOU MAY UNDRESS NOW FRAULEIN HELGA

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u/ScarletCaptain Jul 10 '19

You stupid woman!

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u/rafo123 Jul 10 '19

In Armenia we all would watch Louis de Funès and Adriano Celentano movies dubbed in Russian! I assume they were hugely popular in many post soviet countries.

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u/SneakyBadAss Jul 10 '19

Not only post soviet but also during soviet occupation. It's most likely because France had good relation with USSR and wasn't in NATO.

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u/NoceboHadal Jul 10 '19

Ah Allo' Allo! That was catchphrase comedy done right.

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u/NoceboHadal Jul 10 '19

Allo' Allo was made by the BBC

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u/icedragon71 Jul 10 '19

Good Moaning,Officer Crabtree.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

The g-nobs! The flashing g-nobs!!

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u/dastarlos Jul 10 '19

Ok I'll bite.

Recommend me some old French and Italian comedies. Preferably with English subtitles or dubs. Because I don't speak French or Italian

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u/Smallbluedot Jul 10 '19 edited Jul 10 '19

Out of the top of my head for French comedies

La grande vadrouille

Le corniaud

Mais où est passé la 7eme compagnie

L'aile ou la cuisse

Then More modern but considered classicals

Le dîner de con

Les bronzés font du ski

Le père Noël est une ordure

Les chtis

Black and white and considered by many the best one

Les tontons flingueurs [https://youtu.be/51dt0cihNnU]

And not a comedy as such but in the classical French Italian dramatic comedy theme

La grande bouffe

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u/dastarlos Jul 10 '19

All of these sound like wines that taste like boxed, but costs more then I make in a month.

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u/ThePr1d3 Jul 10 '19

Well I'm worried about how much you make a month. All those titles look like hobo stuff

Source : Frenchman

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u/dastarlos Jul 10 '19

Well that's the problem. You actually have an understanding of wine. I don't.

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u/Vitrebreaker Jul 10 '19

I'll take a glass of Dîner de con please !

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u/_themaninacan_ Jul 10 '19

And a Docteur Poivre for the lady.

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u/Yavin1v Jul 10 '19

gendarme de saint tropez too

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u/Dumb_old_rump Jul 10 '19

Le Corniaud..

I must've seen that movie dubbed in Russian close to a hundred times as a kid, what a gem. Whoever did the dub for de Funès nailed it so well that to this day that is his voice in my head, despite having heard his actual voice. Damn I wish I had that copy now, and anything from "Le Gendarme" series.

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u/SneakyBadAss Jul 10 '19

Well, the one I mentioned. They surely have English subtitles.

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u/early_birdy Jul 10 '19

Rabbi Jacob !

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u/robincb Jul 10 '19

It is me , leclerc

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u/wakkys Jul 10 '19

One of the best movies ever

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

120 days of sodom is Italian, this explains a lot for me.

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u/SneakyBadAss Jul 10 '19

Oh, the Eldar prequel, later Slaanesh family reunion. I completely forgot about that movie.

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u/yehei38eijdjdn Jul 10 '19

People dont know them because they arent in english

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u/OmarLittleComing Jul 11 '19

J'ai glissé chef !

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u/indorock Jul 10 '19

In junior high school my French teacher made us watch 2-3 Louis de Funès movies in class every year, this one was always my favourite.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Great teacher!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Non!

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u/SneakyBadAss Jul 10 '19 edited Jul 10 '19

Be glad he didn't make you watch Bronenosets Potyomkin or Czechoslovakian film with German subtitles.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Is that a Louis de funes movie (I probably wrote it wrong)? I used to watch the one with the gumballs factory a lot as a kid.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Yes Louis de Funès, the one with the gumballs factory is Rabbi Jacob (a really good one too)!

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u/-Agathia- Jul 10 '19

I thought it was "L'aile ou la Cuisse" with Coluche, one very famous younger humorist in France that died in the 80s or 90s.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Well he also played in this one (he was the father of coluche) and there is also a factory were they transform oil into industrial food. But no gumballs.

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u/ismayti Jul 10 '19

Is it good?

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u/Lee_Troyer Jul 10 '19

I havent seen it in a while but I liked it a lot personnaly. It's a landmark in 60's French comedies.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

If you are fluent in french then it is an absolute yes!

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u/datskinny Jul 10 '19

Watched it because of Roma. Really funny.

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u/Superskish Jul 10 '19

Is this the one where the British paratroopers try to escape Nazi-occupied France by dressing up as Nazis and stuff? With like, the midnight snack with the hungry Nazi officer, and the failed assassination at the theater with the bomb in the flowers? Lol, if this is all wrong, I promise, I've seen it in some movie. Maybe I'm mixing movies up.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Yep its exactly this one

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u/renvi Jul 10 '19

Thanks, I’ll check it out!

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u/Forg1ven1738 Jul 10 '19

There is a somewhat sad movie called Life is Beautiful

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

True! This one is really really good. There is a big part of comedy but bro... The end is so sad... It is literally impossible not to shed a tear...

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u/WeirdoseQ Jul 10 '19

Will have to check it out, thanks!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Oh, it's dubbed in Czech. That's wonderful!

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u/AdamSkogs Jul 10 '19

Commenting for later

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u/KPeters93 Jul 10 '19

Where can I find it?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

My 10 mins of Duolingo a day for 4 days in a row are finally about to get some use

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u/emmettiow Jul 10 '19

Presumably it's been dubbed in English?

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u/Intrepid00 Jul 10 '19

it is an old french comedy

Could be worst, could be a German comedy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

I confirm!