The Masterpiece of French Slapstick: Revisiting "La Grande Vadrouille" (1966)
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
Set in 1942, the film follows three British RAF pilots whose bomber is shot down over Nazi-occupied Paris. They find themselves relying on the help of two very different, and very reluctant, French civilians:
A high-strung, egotistical conductor at the Paris Opera.