Les visiteurs

1993
NC-16
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

39K

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Satire Comedy Fantasy

A medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.A medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.A medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.

Director
- Jean-Marie Poiré
Writers
- Christian Clavier
- Jean-Marie Poiré
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

39K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jean-Marie Poiré
Writers
- Christian Clavier
- Jean-Marie Poiré
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations

Trivia
Mel Brooks was hired to write and record English-language dialogue for the U.S. release. But the version did not test well with audiences, and co-writer/director Jean-Marie Poiré hated it, saying Brooks had turned it from a comedy about a French knight into a parody with French accents so thick it was almost impossible to understand. So Miramax held up U.S. release until the summer of 1996, with standard subtitles. Brooks was paid $500,000 for his efforts, however.

Goofs
When Godefroy arrives at Béatrice's, he complains that "there's no longer any hectare of forest". Hectare is a surface area unit that was invented during the French Revolution.

Quotes
[repeated line]
Jacquouille la Fripouille: OKKKKKKKKKKK!

Crazy credits
After the final credits role, stick around for a "Hello to all you credits-lovers!" accompanied by a waving medieval knight.

Connections
Featured in CinéMagique (2002)

Soundtracks
Symphonie Ecossaise
(Extraits)
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn (as Félix Mendelsshon)
Performed by The Czech Symphony Orchestra

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Featured review

8/10

Unashamedly silly fun, okaaay?

I watched this film late at night on Channel 4 while not being able to sleep, not knowing what on earth to expect. In fact it turned out to be a delightful film, which really made me laugh and was unashamedly silly while not being specifically aimed at kids. I ended up getting it on DVD and making my friend watch it: she also thought it was great. Neither of us can speak French and while we knew the subtitles probably weren't getting all of the humour across we still found it very enjoyable. Shame it had to be remade, although I never saw the English version I'm sure it wasn't as good. Recommended!

(P.S. We were also shown some of it in French class - the teacher and I giggled throughout and no one else in the class did! So maybe an acquired taste, but I loved it!)