The Umbrella Coup
| The Umbrella Coup | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Gérard Oury |
| Written by |
Gérard Oury Danièle Thompson |
| Starring |
Pierre Richard Gordon Mitchell Gert Fröbe |
| Music by | Vladimir Cosma |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Edited by | Albert Jurgenson |
| Distributed by | Gaumont |
Release dates | 8 October 1980 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $18.4 million[1] |
The Umbrella Coup (French: Le Coup du parapluie) is a 1980 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, starring Pierre Richard, Gordon Mitchell and Gert Fröbe.[2]
The creation of the film was inspired by several assassinations of Bulgarian dissidents where the so-called Bulgarian umbrella was used as a weapon. The working title of the film was Le Coup du Parapluie Bulgare.
Plot
The unsuccessful actor Grégoire Lecomte is heading for a casting but then he takes a wrong turn. While he thinks he talks to casting director who wants an actor to play a henchman, he actually talks to a mafia don who wants a real killer. Lecomte's performance is convincing and consequently he receives a contract to finish off arms dealer Otto Krampe. He is supposed to kill Krampe with an umbrella containing a built-in syringe full of potassium cyanide at his birthday party in St-Tropez. Lecomte takes the don for a producer and believes this was all part of shooting a film.
Cast
- Pierre Richard as Grégoire Lecomte
- Gordon Mitchell as Moskovitz
- Valérie Mairesse as Sylvette aka Bunny
- Christine Murillo as Josyane Leblanc
- Gert Fröbe as Otto Krampe aka Whale
- Gérard Jugnot as Frédo
- Vittorio Caprioli as Don Barberini
- Yaseen Khan as Radj Kahn
- Didier Sauvegrain as Stanislas Lefort aka Crazy
- Mike Marshall as the Doctor
- Roger Carel as Salvatore Bozzoni
- Dominique Lavanant as Mireille
- Maurice Risch as the Producer
References
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7433
- ↑ "Umbrella Coup". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
External links
- The Umbrella Coup at the Internet Movie Database
- The Umbrella Coup at AllMovie
- The Umbrella Coup/Le Coup du parapluie at the Cinemovies site
- The Umbrella Coup overview at the New York Times