The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle): Difference between revisions
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The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle): Difference between revisions
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The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle) is a 1962 French B&W adventure comedy directed by Georges Lautner and starring Paul Meurisse and Elga Andersen. In September 1943 a cargo of Nazi archives and gold was submerged off Corsica by a German frogmen unit. Eighteen years later, the sole survivor Hektor Schlumpf returns to Corsica to get the treasure. The French secret service enter into a contract with Schlumpf and send Théobald Dromard alias "The Monocle" (Meurisse) to protect him from the British and Soviet agents who are also on the hunt for the precious wartime documents.
The movie is the second in the trilogy about the adventures of "The Monocle", preceeded by The Black Monocle (Le Monocle noir) (1961) and followed by The Monocle Laughs (Le monocle rit jaune) (1964).
The following weapons were used in the film The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle): Error creating thumbnail: File missingWARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!
The secret agent of the French military intelligence service, Commandant (Maj.) Théobald Dromard alias "The Monocle" (Paul Meurisse) carries an M1911A1 pistol.
In the opening scene, set in 1943, a German officer (cameo of film director Georges Lautner) holds a Luger P08. Schlumpf (Paul Mercey), Major Cyring (Richard Larke), Archiloque (Henri Cogan), Archiloque's and Matlov's men use Lugers in several scenes.
Dromard's aide Poussin (Robert Dalban) carries a Luger LP08 "Artillery" pistol. Archiloque's henchman (Michel Duplaix) uses an "Artillery" Luger in the shootout in the restaurant.
At least one of the Mauser rifles of the German soldiers is not a 98k but some different model, with straight bolt handle. Vz. 24 Czech Mauser is a possible guess but the barrel is seen only partially, and it's impossible to make a strict identification.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingShips of the Marine nationale francaise in Toulon. Arromanches aircraft carrier is seen at the foreground left.Error creating thumbnail: File missingD622 Kersaint destroyer, P642 L'Opiniatre coastal patrol vessel, and an unknown submarine. Twin 5" main gun and 57mm twin AA gun are seen on Kersaint. L'Opiniatre is armed with two single Bofors 40mm.
