Ignace Boitaclou, although sympathetic, is not very intelligent. Upon his arrival at the barracks to perform his military service, he was appointed colonel and had to take care of the latter's terrible wife.
Acting
Fernandel's physical comedy—part Chaplin, part anxious goat
Direction
Colombier's farce timing keeps 102 minutes breathless
Director
Pierre Colombier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fernandel was France's biggest star in the 1930s, making this required viewing for understanding pre-war French popular culture.
The 'terrible wife' trope here mocks the bourgeois military family, a subtle jab at Third Republic institutions.
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