- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Infobox Film
name = Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire
image size =230px
caption =
director =Yves Robert
producer =Alain Poiré
Yves Robert
writer =Francis Veber
starring =Pierre Richard Bernard Blier Jean Rochefort
music =Vladimir Cosma
cinematography = René Mathelin
editing = Ghislaine Desjonqueres
distributor =Gaumont
released = flagicon|FranceDecember 6 , 1972
runtime = 90 min.
country =France
language = French
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by = Le Retour du Grand Blond (1974 )
awards = 1973 Silver Bear (win), Berlin International Film Festival
1973 Best Foreign Film (nomination), National Board of Review
amg_id = 1:48570
imdb_id = 0068655"Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire" ( _en. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) is a 1972 French
comedy film directed byYves Robert , written byFrancis Veber , starringPierre Richard ,Jean Rochefort andBernard Blier .The film's sequel, "Le Retour du Grand Blond", was released in
1974 .Filmed in French, as of 2007 it is available for sale on
DVD with Englishsubtitle s on the Russian release, with subtitles in English or Russian, or audio in Russian or French.ynopsis
The chief of the French secret service, Louis Toulouse, in a plot to discredit his second in command, Milan (who is himself plotting to discredit Toulouse so that he can supplant him), sends his assistant, Perrache, to choose at random someone from the crowd of travelers arriving at Orly, having made Milan believe that Perrache has gone to meet a master spy who will expose Milan's treachery.
Perrache happens to select François Perrin, a hapless musician, because as the result of a practical joke Perrin has arrived wearing a black shoe on one foot and a yellow one on the other. Milan takes the bait and immediately begins a series of attempts to find out what Perrin knows -- blind to the fact that Perrin knows nothing at all. Milan's machinations involve Perrin in a series of increasingly peculiar adventures, and although he is largely oblivious to the mayhem Milan causes to occur around him, he can't help noticing the beautiful femme fatale, Christine.
Awards
The film won
Silver Bear award at theBerlin International Film Festival in1973 . It was nominated as Best Foreign Film at the National Board of Review (1973). [ [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:48570~T4 allmovie ((( The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe > Awards ))) ] ]Cast
*
Pierre Richard —François Perrin
*Bernard Blier — Bernard Milan
*Jean Rochefort —Colonel Louis Toulouse
*Mireille Darc — Christine "
*Tania Balachova — The mother of Louis Toulouse
*Jean Carmet — Maurice Lefebvre
*Colette Castel — Paulette Lefebvre
*Paul Person — Perrache
*Jean Obé — Botrel
* Robert Manor House — " Georghiu "
*Jean Saudray — Poucet
*Roger Caccia — Mr. Boudart
*Arlette Balkis — Mrs. Boudart
*Robert Dalban — The False DeliverymanDerivative Films
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1974 : " Le Retour du Grand Blond " directed byYves Robert is the direct continuation of "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire".
*1985 : "The Man With One Red Shoe " directed byStan Dragoti , withTom Hanks andDabney Coleman , is an Americanremake .References
External links
*imdb title|id=0068655|title=Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, Le|description=(The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe)
* [http://www.pierre-richard.fr/PHOTOS-GRAND-BLOND/Photos-Grand-Blond.html Film photogallery]
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