The Umbrella Coup

The Umbrella Coup
Film poster
Directed byGérard Oury
Written byGérard Oury
Danièle Thompson
Produced byAlain Poiré
StarringPierre Richard
Gordon Mitchell
Gert Fröbe
CinematographyHenri Decaë
Edited byAlbert Jurgenson
Music byVladimir Cosma
Production
company
Gaumont International
Distributed byGaumont Distribution
Release date
  • 8 October 1980 (1980-10-08)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$18.4 million[1]

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.[2]

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.

It was shot the Epinay Studios and on location around Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean André.

  1. ^ "Le Coup du parapluie (1980) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Umbrella Coup". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-07-27.

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