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Tyll Ulenspiegel's adventures fighting the Spanish lead by the duke of Alba.Tyll Ulenspiegel's adventures fighting the Spanish lead by the duke of Alba.Tyll Ulenspiegel's adventures fighting the Spanish lead by the duke of Alba.
Jean Debucourt
- Le cardinal
- (as Jean Debucourt de la Comédie Française)
Georges Chamarat
- Simon Praet
- (as Georges Chamarat de la Comédie Française)
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- ConnectionsReferenced in Les échos du cinéma: Episode #1.23 (1961)
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It was the first French/East Germany co-production ;for the record the second one was "les sorcières de Salem " based on Arthur Miller's "the crucible" ; all the actors of these movies (Gérard Philipe, Simone Signoret ,Yves Montand ) were sympathising communists at the time .
It was the one and only time that Gérard Philipe had co-directed a film (with Joris Ivens ) .
For all the admiration I have for this outstanding actor (the man with the child in his eyes), his attempt at directing did not convince me the first time I saw it;I gave it a second chance yesterday,and once again I was disappointed.
Philipe had probably "Fanfan La Tulipe" in mind ; but the latter had a seasoned director (Christian-Jaque) and a great writer(Henri Jeanson). Here the script is disjointed , the lines fall flat and it hesitates between drama ( the death of Till's father) and pranks:these are the latter which saves the film from wreckage : Philipe is stunning as the court jester (admire his mime) and using a mirror to burn the indulgences (the Catholic wealthy bourgeois could redeem their souls by giving dough to the clergy ,a shameless practice Luther and Calvin denounced ) is a good trick .
In 1956, the Soviet tanks invaded Hungary ; the film was a total commercial failure.
It was the one and only time that Gérard Philipe had co-directed a film (with Joris Ivens ) .
For all the admiration I have for this outstanding actor (the man with the child in his eyes), his attempt at directing did not convince me the first time I saw it;I gave it a second chance yesterday,and once again I was disappointed.
Philipe had probably "Fanfan La Tulipe" in mind ; but the latter had a seasoned director (Christian-Jaque) and a great writer(Henri Jeanson). Here the script is disjointed , the lines fall flat and it hesitates between drama ( the death of Till's father) and pranks:these are the latter which saves the film from wreckage : Philipe is stunning as the court jester (admire his mime) and using a mirror to burn the indulgences (the Catholic wealthy bourgeois could redeem their souls by giving dough to the clergy ,a shameless practice Luther and Calvin denounced ) is a good trick .
In 1956, the Soviet tanks invaded Hungary ; the film was a total commercial failure.
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- Till Eulenspiegel, der lachende Rebell
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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