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Your Money or Your Life (1966)

Your Money or Your Life poster
Original title
La Bourse et la Vie
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany, France, Italy
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a comedic series of events involving money and survival. The film follows his misadventures as he tries to keep his fortune and his life.

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What happens

Your Money or Your Life (French: La bourse et la vie) is a 1966 comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky and starring Fernandel, Heinz Rühmann and Jean Poiret. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. It is a loose remake of the 1931 German film The Virtuous Sinner in which Rühmann had also appeared. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location shooting also took place across France including Toulouse. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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