· Limited edition   (2000 units worldwide) · Collector's box containing:   - CD (collection of tracks from      the "Le Gendarme" - movies)   - 1 Whistle   - 1 Pair of handcuffs   - 1 Riot stick replica   - Large-sized booklet with many     pictures from the movies Style : Soundtrack Format : CD in a wodden               Gimmick Box   :: Louis de Funés :: Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez 1. Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964) > Plages 1 à 5 2. Le Gendarme à New York (1965) > Plages 6 à 9 3. Le Gendarme se Marie (1968) > Plages 10 à 17 4. Le Gendarme en Balade (1970) > Plages 18 à 25 5. Le Gendarme et les Extraterrestres (1979) > Plages 26 à 33 6. Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes (1982) > Plages 34 à 40 Titre Bonus: 7. Marche des Gendarmes, remix par FX Costello :: Information Choice of language:  Who doesn't know him, the small baldheaded man with the hooked nose, who made his spectators, whether in cinemas or in front of their TV-screens, laugh about his funny faces and became one of Europes most famous comedians in the 50s: Louis De Funès. Born on the 31st of July in 1914, in Courbevoie, France, he first tried to work as a bookkeeper, as an interior designer, as a photographer and several other jobs, before he took acting lessons from René Simon in 1941. Soon he had his first appearances on TV, on stage and on radio. 1945 he had his cinema debut having a small minor role in "If heaven fails". He attracted more attention in the movie "Two men, a pig and the night of Paris", where he acted beside of Jean Gabin and the french star comedian Bouvril. In that movie Funès could bring to bear his talent as a comedian, after he had often played strict characters, like the one in Jean Drévilles "Bartholomäusnacht" (1954). From that point on things happened in rapid succession, comedies like "fish or flesh" by Yves Roberts (1957) and Pierre Gaspard-Huits "Fracasse, the naughty gentleman" (1961), also Julien Duviviers thriller "The devil and the ten commandments" with Henry Tissot, Charles Aznavour, Lino Ventura and Alain Delon, followed. But he had the real breakthrough with "ein Herr aus besten Kreisen" (1962), leading roles in "Balduin, der Geldschrankknacker" and "Radieschen von unten" (both 1963) followed. The next year he performed the role that made him a legend: in "The Gendarm Of St. Tropez" he played the chaotic constable Ludovic Cruchot, a character, he was to play another five times untill his death. The same year he once more acted with Bouvril in Gérard Ourys comedy "Louis, das Schlitzohr" (1964) and two years later with the same director in "Die große Sause". The success of the couple Bouvril / de Funès blew limits at that time, both comedies reached 11 and sensational 17 million viewers only in France. As the fierce, but clumsy and at least unsuccessful commisioner Juve, Funès goes hunting criminals in the turbulent "Fantomas"-movies (1964,1965,1966). 1968 he is, according to inquieries, the most popular actor in France. He varies, in almost all roles, the quick angered, frantic petty bourgeois, that could come from any social class. The spectrum goes from the antisemitic factoryowner in Gérard Ourys "The adventures of Rabbi Jacob"(1973), across the vicious restaurant-critic in "Brust oder Keule" (1976) to all kinds of insufferable petty bourgeoises with badly limited view of the world. Characteristic for the style of his movies are stuational comedy, living from mallicious glee, high speed, corny jokes and gags in the tradition of movie-oldies. His repertoire of grimaces is astonishing. De Funès writes most of the scripts for his later movies himself. One of his last works was a -originally - well done Molliere-filming by Jean Girault: "Louis Der Geizkragen", which shows that Funès can also create more subtle comediantic figures. Sad but true, the german version is abridged for about one third and even worse synchronised. Short time after he had finished the shooting for the last St. Tropez-movie "Louis und seine verrückten Politessen" (1982), Louis de Funès died from heartattack, at the age of 68, on the 27th of Januar 1983, in Nantes. The funeral took place on the cemetary of Cellier. Louis left a still mourning community of fans, but won't, not only because of his about 140 films, be forgotten.