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chouan's rating
Most probably this movie tried to capitalized on the fantastic success of Les Diaboliques. From the same Boileau-Narcejac team of detective stories this one unfortunately does not work as it should. Except for Jean Servais at his cynical best, the cast is not convincing and the action drags through the usual twists of the suspense scenario.
While Louis XVI is fleeing Paris, a stagecoach travels the same route. The passengers discuss philosophy and politics, they meet Casanova on his way to Germany, they arrive in Varennes to witness the arrest of the King. It is an interesting movie, sometimes pretentious, sometimes brilliant. The cast is excellent and makes up for its shortcomings.
Louis de Funès was certainly a shoo-in for the role of the irascible, mean and greedy Harpagon. The setting is somehow bizarre, but Molière's text is scrupulously respected. Filmed theater is usually taboo among movie critics and amateurs, but this experiment is both pleasurable and successful.If you want to discover Molière, this is the movie to see.