La Grande Vadrouille

This movie was seen by 17 million people in France, a box-office record in that country until Titanic (1997).

At the very beginning, we see an aerial shot of Paris; however we can clearly see modern buildings built in the 60s.

The original German release had several parts of the French original cut. Some of them might have been taken out because some gags could not be used because of the different languages used in the original (French, German and English). There is for example the quite funny scene when Claudio Brook reveals himself as an English man on the train when he says "I'm sorry" when spilling some vine. The German version instead just shows the angry German officer who commands to arrest the English soldier. Some parts are cut without any obvious reason - e.g. a humorous dialogue of Louis de Funès and Bourvil, their escape and chase in German uniforms. The German version just comes into the scene when they are already arrested.

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