''Le tatoué'', also known as ''The Million dollar tattoo'',Louis de Funes et Jean Gabin 1968 / Le Tatoue / Original Promo
on ''youtube.com'' or ''The Tattoo'', or ''The tattoo man'', is a French-Italian

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

movie from 1968, directed by

Denys de La Patellière Denys de La Patellière (8 March 1921 in Nantes, France – 21 July 2013) was a French film director and scriptwriter. He also directed Television series. He died in 2013 at the age of 92. Biography The son of an officer, Denys de La Patell ...

, written by Alphonse Boudard, and starring by

Jean Gabin Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including '' Pépé le ...

and

Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fi ...

Plot

In an artist’s studio, rich Parisian art dealer Félicien Mézeray sees the old soldier Legrain, whose back has a tattoo by Modigliani. This he sells unseen to two American dealers and the rest of the film revolves around his efforts to literally get the skin off Legrain’s back. The price Legrain wants is the restoration of his old family home in the country, which turns out to be the huge crumbling castle of Paluel in remote

Périgord Périgord ( , ; ; or ) is a natural region and former province of France, which corresponds roughly to the current Dordogne department, now forming the northern part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is divided into f ...

, while he turns out to be the last and extremely eccentric Count of Montignac. The plot bears a very strong resemblance to

Saki Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and ...

's short story ''The Background''.

Cast

: Comte Enguerand, Louis, Marie de Montignac alias Legrain (legionnaire) *

: Félicien Mézeray * Paul Mercey : Maurice Pello * Jo Warfield : Larsen * Donald von Kurtz : Smith *

Dominique Davray Dominique Davray (born Marie-Louise Gournay; 27 January 1919 in Paris – 16 August 1998 in Paris) was a French actress. She performed in more than 90 films from 1942 to 1983. Filmography External links

* 20th-century French actres ...

: Suzanne Mézeray *

Pierre Tornade Pierre Tornade (21 January 1930 – 7 March 2012) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1956 and 1998. Biography He was born Pierre Tournadre on 21 January 1930 in Bort-les-Orgues in the departm ...

: the policeman

References

External links

* 1968 films 1968 comedy films French comedy films Italian comedy films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Denys de La Patellière 1960s Italian films 1960s French films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub