The Troops of St. Tropez 4K 1964

What to say - the cycle Gendarme of Saint-Tropez is one of the most interesting, funny and successful movie series in the world. The phenomenal craft of the great Jean Giraud and Louis de Funes has remained in the hearts of many generations of viewers forever. Each movie in this series is an event. A cascade of jokes, hilarious adventures of Cruchot and his company, beautiful nature and excellent music will not let you sit for a minute without a smile and laughter!

The first movie set the direction of the whole movie series: the antics of the beautiful young daughter of the petty officer, the arrogance of Captain Gilbert (Michel Galabrew in his best role), infinitely funny episodes with nudists and so on. With certainty I can say that the Gendarme movie series was strong from the first to the last movie, and each part is self-contained and does not require familiarity with the previous one. But as for The Gendarme of St. Tropez, it is worth watching. Definitely worth it! Louis de Funès has really put himself 100% here and is in his best acting and physical form (in the last two films we can clearly see the weakening of the actor's health from a prolonged illness).

Also from the first part we start our acquaintance with one more iconic character of the series - a nun-lichen that becomes a good friend of Cruchot and also goes through the whole series, including extraordinary adventures in New York.

I think that almost all movie lovers have watched Gendarme of Saint-Tropez or its sequels more than once. But it is worth at least once a year to put the immortal Gendarmes on your turntable and enjoy Louis de Funes and company, the unique French landscape and a funny story. Such movies are sadly not being made nowadays. All the more valuable now!