How to Keep The Red Lamp Burning
– The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes..
The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.
28 Oct 1965
French
Gilles Grangier, Georges Lautner
Michel Audiard (dialogue), Albert Simonin (scenarios "La fermeture" and "Le procès"), Albert Kantof (scenario "Les bons vivants"), Paul Reboux (short story), Charles Muller (short story), Albert Simonin (adaptation), Albert Kantof (adaptation)
Louis de Funès, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Andréa Parisy
It is with a heavy heart that Monsieur Charles has to close his Parisian brothel in 1946, following new legislation outlawing such establishments. As a parting gift, he offers the brothel's red lantern to one of his star employees, Lucette.