You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine (1977)

Original title

Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine

Directed by

Coluche

Genre

parody film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

U

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A parody of historical swashbuckler films. It follows a ridiculous adventure that has nothing to do with the French region mentioned in the title. The story is set in a time when Alsace and Lorraine were not part of France.

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What happens

Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine (lit. 'You shall not have Alsace and Lorraine') is a 1977 French comedy film starring Coluche, Anémone and Gérard Lanvin, and co-directed by Coluche with Marc Monnet. It functions as a parody of historical and swashbuckling films. The title is taken from a verse of the 1871 French patriotic song Alsace et Lorraine, though the plot does not involve Alsace nor Lorraine which did not yet belong to France when the story takes place. The film performed poorly at the box-office and was Coluche's only directorial effort. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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