The Exchange Student (1967) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 1, 1967

Original Title:
Les Grandes Vacances

Alternate Titles:
Der Brausekopf mit den Sausebeinen
The Big Vacation
The Great Vacation
Οι ασύλληπτες διακοπές
Οι ασύλληπτες διακοπές του Λουί Ντε Φινές

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Ascot Cineraid
Kinowelt Filmproduktion
Les Films Copernic

Production Countries:
France | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 6  FR: U 

Runtime: 85

Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...

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Art Department Assistant:
Georges Richard
Jean Taillandier
Jacques Dugied

Camera Production Assistant:
Robert Fraisse

Director:
Jean Girault

Director of Photography:
Marcel Grignon

Editor:
Jean-Michel Gautier

Executive Producer:
Raymond Danon

Original Music Composer:
Raymond Lefévre

Producer:
Maurice Jacquin

Production Manager:
Ralph Baum
Paul Laffargue

Screenplay:
Jacques Vilfrid
Jean Girault

Sound:
René Sarazin

Sound Editor:
Eva Zora

Special Effects:
Georges Laconelli

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