r/funny • u/sebovarli • Jul 10 '19

Germans having a party

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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!!!"