Unlike many comedies of the era, Oury utilized sprawling locations—from the Opera Garnier to the Hospices de Beaune—and high-budget action sequences involving gliders and motorcycles.
The two must put aside their social differences to escort the pilots through occupied territory to the "Free Zone". Why It Still Works Decades Later La Grande Vadrouille(1966)
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While set during WWII, the film avoids graphic violence, opting instead for a "Robin Hood" style of resistance where the protagonists outsmart their bumbling occupiers with wit and luck. Unlike many comedies of the era, Oury utilized