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Script Girl
on La Grande Illusion
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At the time I was a bit rough,
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not exactly sociable or convivial.
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It was in February 1937.
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I was 20.
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It was my first job with Renoir.
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He hired me to type
the successive stages
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of the screenplay of
La Grande Illusion.
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We worked in a little office
in Rue de Lisbonne, in Paris.
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The film had been hard to set up.
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At last it was made.
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I became his script girl.
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We began on location.
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3 or 4 weeks, I think,
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at Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle
and Colmar barracks.
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Filming on location is fun.
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Like being on a cruise, I expect.
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My keenest memory
of filming was being cold.
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Whole nights spent
trudging through snow.
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I was very badly equipped.
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My shoes were ridiculous.
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That's why I was so cold.
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A 36 metre drop.
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Very kind of you
fo show us round your place.
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A handsome castle.
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12th century.
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In 37 there was snow everywhere.
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But it started to melt.
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So, we had to work fast,
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because Renoir
needed snow for the film.
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Renoir was never scared
of changing things. On the contrary.
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It made my job pretty hard,
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but Renoir trusted me.
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The screenplay was always written
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for Gabin and Fresnay.
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The part of Rauffenstein
took longer to cast.
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They finally signed up Stroheim
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and everything was reworked.
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The situation's quite different.
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No one can escape from here.
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And now, gentlemen,
if you will follow me...
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Stroheim created
his own character and costume.
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He invented his neck brace
and decor.
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He wanted black silk sheets
in his bedroom,
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but Renoir said no to that.
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The list of new prisoners, Sir.
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Almost everything
was rewritten on set.
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Renoir and Stroheim spoke German.
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Stroheim wrote in English,
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Becker and I put it into French.
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Lieutenant Maréchal,
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5 escape attempts.
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Disguised as a German soldier,
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disguised as a woman...
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Funny, very funny indeed.
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Not so funny when an N.C.O
really took me for a woman.
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Not to my taste at all.
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Gabin was on top form,
happy, beaming,
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with a splendid instinct
for his craft.
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He had his eyes spotlit in close-ups
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to make them lighter.
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It was funny to see him
with Fresnay.
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Gabin was on first-name terms
with everyone.
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Fresnay was more distant,
more reserved.
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- May I?
- You can never do as others do!
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We've been together for 18 months
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and you still stand on ceremony.
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I'm the same
with my mother and my wife.
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No.
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So...
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- Cigarette?
- English tobacco hurts my throat.
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We really have nothing in common.
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Fresnay dashed off after filming
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to join Yvonne Printemps,
stolen from Sacha Guitry.
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He was hiding her
in a luxury hotel nearby.
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While on location,
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we never once saw
Yvonne Printemps.
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Remember her?
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Listen, Boeldieu:
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believe me, my present job
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disgusts me as much as you.
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Strong words.
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I was a combatant.
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Now I'm a civil servant...
A policeman.
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I fear neither of us
can stop the march of time.
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Boeldieu, I don't know
who is going to win this war.
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The end, whatever it may be,
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will be the end
of the Rauffensteins and Boeldieux.
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We may be superfluous.
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Don't you find it a pity?
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Perhaps...
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I admire your care of your geranium.
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It's not that I'm a botanist,
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but it's the castle's only flower.
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It took all of Renoir's genius
to know how to use Stroheim.
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One of his striking features
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was his ability
to get the best out of people
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and make Renoir of it.
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I was very impressed
by his way of working.
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He'd say, "You should
leave the studio doors open".
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- Cartier?
- Yes.
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- Laurier?
- Here.
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Boeldieu?
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De Boeldieu?
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Boeldieu.
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The work was quite hard.
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We shot all night, slept by day,
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went home in the morning exhausted.
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Stroheim was amazed
by Renoir's patience.
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The snow melted. We had to spread
bags of plaster on the roofs.
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In Hollywood, he'd have exploded!
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Boeldieu!
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I've not been back
to Haut-Koenigsbourg,
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but I'll never forget
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one of the last scenes in the film.
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Gabin and Dalio are
in the countryside, exhausted,
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after escaping.
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I disliked the scene,
because it was too tender.
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I thought that two men
in a situation like that would argue.
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I told Renoir.
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He said, "If you've a feeling for it,
write it."
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I wrote it as I imagined it.
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We've no food,
we might as well give up.
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Willingly! I'm fed up, too.
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Fed up with me?
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Yes, fed up.
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- If you knew how [ hate you!
- It's mutual.
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Know what you are to me?
A dead weight!
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A millstone around my neck.
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- I never could stand Jews.
- Bit late to find that out.
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Clear off! You're dying fo!
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Needn't say it twice!
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Clear off!
I'm sick of your ugly mug!
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1 will! You can manage on your own!
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Hope I never see you again!
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I could sing at the thought!
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There was a little boat
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That had never gone to sea
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After five or six weeks
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The food started to get scarce
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Why did you come back?
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Come on, pal.
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We came back to Paris.
Shooting continued in Epinay,
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then the crew broke up.
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The last time I saw Renoir
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was 40 years later, in Los Angeles.
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As Minister of Culture I'd come
to award him the Legion of Honour.
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He was very old.
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I never saw him again.
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