Der Herr mit den Millionen (1961)
58KDer Herr mit den Millionen: Directed by Gilles Grangier. With Jean Gabin, Martine Carol, Françoise Rosay, Bernard Blier. “Le Dabe” retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.
“u0026#39;Touchez-pas au Grisbiu0026#39; was the first in the Max le Menteur trilogy of Albert Simonin. The film under review is the second and u0026#39;Les Tontons Flingueursu0026#39; the third.nAll three adaptations have dialogue by the great Michel Audiard.nThis is the eighth collaboration of director Gilles Grangier with the irrepressible Jean Gabin whose career had been revitalised by u0026#39;Grisbiu0026#39; in 1956. He has here one of his best roles of the 1960u0026#39;s as a master counterfeiter.There is tremendous support from Bernard Blier, Frank Villard, Balpetre, Martine Carol, Ginette Leclerc and the imperious Francoise Rosay. It is Gabin who is gifted the best lines notably u0026#39;the greatest failed businesses are built on trustu0026#39;!nExtremely entertaining with never a dull moment. Comedy is a serious business of course but I would like to think that the cast had as much fun in making this film as I had in watching it.”
