Original source: "Hibernatus", comedy by Jean-Bernard Luc which opened on 26-1-1957 at the Théâtre de l'Athénée, starring Pierre Mondy.
The relationship between De Funès and Molinaro were very complicated. The director said in an 2013 interview : "It was a nightmare from the writing of the film. We made eight version of the screenplay, which de Funès refused one after the other. Worse than that: we started filming on the eighth adaptation, or the ninth, and, after eight days of shooting, he decided to return to ... the first! He was a star, he was the boss. The shooting was very tense, in a situation of armed peace. (...) As it was going badly, I wanted to leave before the end of the shooting. It was Louis who wanted me to stay. I was a prisoner."
Finnish visa (DVD) # 228669 delivered on 16-2-2010.
French visa # 34997.