Le Gendarme à New-York - la leçon d'anglais

Louis de Funès was a very popular French comic actor who was a household name in several countries of Europe (Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, Turkey and the USSR in particular) for many years, yet remained almost unknown in the English-speaking world. One of his most famous roles was as Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez. The first film led to a series of six 'Gendarme' films, and this clip is from the second, Le gendarme à New-York, in which the gendarmes of St Tropez are chosen to represent France at an international 'gendarmerie' conference in New York. In this scene Cruchot (de Funès) prepares his brigade for the trip by giving them an English lesson.

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Any similarity with English lessons at the EM Normandie is purely coincidental. For a start, my students don't wear uniforms ...

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Louis de Funès was a very popular French comic actor who was a household name in several countries of Europe (Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, Turkey and the USSR in particular) for many years, yet remained almost unknown in the English-speaking world. One of his most famous roles was as Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez. The first film led to a series of six 'Gendarme' films, and this clip is from the second, Le gendarme à New-York, in which the gendarmes of St Tropez are chosen to represent France at an international 'gendarmerie' conference in New York. In this scene Cruchot (de Funès) prepares his brigade for the trip by giving them an English lesson.

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Any similarity with English lessons at the EM Normandie is purely coincidental. For a start, my students don't wear uniforms ...

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