L'as des as
L'as des as (The Ace of Aces; alternate English title: The Super Ace) is a 1982 French-German action comedy film starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Gérard Oury.
Plot
In 1916, during World War I, a German and a French fighter ace by the names of Gunther von Beckman (Hoffman) and Jo Cavalier (Belmondo) manage to drag each other out of the sky. An argument and subsequent fistfight about who is to be whose prisoner is interrupted by an artillery barrage on their position, forcing both to work together in order to survive. In a humorous side scene, Corporal Adolf Hitler (Meisner) is berated by his frustrated First Lieutenant Rosenblum for his clumsiness.
More details
| author | Danièle Thompson Gérard Oury |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Germany |
| director | Gérard Oury |
| editor | Albert Jurgenson |
| events | aviation |
| genre | action adventure comedy |
| keywords | 1936 summer olympics adolf hitler angela angela hitler anschluss austria beethoven berghof berghof residence berlin box boxing at the 1936 summer olympics capture car chase commanding officer duck pond federal state of austria fighter ace flying ace game general gestapo jew ludwig van beethoven luftwaffe morning obersalzberg old friend olympic boxing finals olympic games olympic stadium opening ceremony pick up police station stadium steal world war i |
| musicBy | Vladimir Cosma |
| producer | Alain Poiré Horst Wendlandt |
| publisher | Gaumont |
| recordedAt | Munich |
| theme | action comedy |