The Umbrella Coup
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Film poster
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| Directed by | Gérard Oury |
| Written by | Gérard Oury Danièle Thompson |
| Starring |
Pierre Richard Gordon Mitchell Gert Fröbe |
| Music by | Vladimir Cosma |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Edited by | Albert Jurgenson |
| Distributed by | Gaumont |
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Release date
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8 October 1980 |
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $18.4 million |
The Umbrella Coup (French: Le Coup du parapluie) is a 1980 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, starring Pierre Richard, Gordon Mitchell and Gert Fröbe.
The creation of the film was inspired by several assassinations of Bulgarian dissidents where the so-called Bulgarian umbrella was used as a weapon. The working title of the film was Le Coup du Parapluie Bulgare.
The unsuccessful actor Grégoire Lecomte is heading for a casting but then he takes a wrong turn. While he thinks he talks to casting director who wants an actor to play a henchman, he actually talks to a mafia don who wants a real killer. Lecomte's performance is convincing and consequently he receives a contract to finish off arms dealer Otto Krampe. He is supposed to kill Krampe with an umbrella containing a built-in syringe full of potassium cyanide at his birthday party in St-Tropez. Lecomte takes the don for a producer and believes this was all part of shooting a film.
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