You surely know the saga of Gendarme de Saint Tropez. But did you know that the Gendarmerie and Cinema Museum in the city has been open since 2016? It also includes many memories of making movies!
With the regularity of the Swiss cuckoo clock, the TV channels are locked in the six locks of the gendarme saga in the summer. This year, M6 runs a loop, ending this Friday 12th August with a double broadcast of Gendarmes and Aliens and Gendarmes and Gendarmes. It doesn’t matter that the quality of the movies goes down with the episodes; The public always responds to the call of Chief Quartermaster Crusoe in front of his television.
If we relax and drink cool in Saint Tropez, we are also proud of its gendarmerie and cinema museum! Why not take the opportunity to visit it if you are in the area during the holidays?
Barracks converted into a museum
The former gendarmerie barracks opened in 1879, it was vacated by its occupants in 2003 to occupy more modern and better adapted buildings. The idea of ​​transformation of the building was born in 2012. After two years of work, he was able to open the doors.
There are three floors to visit: the first floor dedicated to the history and building of the Gendarmerie of Saint-Tropez, the first floor to the saga of the gendarmerie from 1964 to 1982, with numerous video displays, period posters, photo shoots. , film extracts and many accessories from the saga such as costumes.
There is even a copy Screenplay “The Gendarme and the Emperor”, an opus that will never see the light of day. Finally, the upper floor is dedicated to the myth of Saint-Tropez in the cinema. Because no, it’s not just Louis de Funes; There’s also Brigitte Bardot, in And God Made Woman…
On August 26, 2014, the city of Saint-Tropez celebrated the inauguration of the exhibition “100 years of Louis de Funes, 50 years of the Gendarmerie of Saint-Tropez and the Ford Mustang”. Three of the four gendarmes were invited to the event to share their memories with the public.
The planned opening of the museum in 2015 was postponed to June 2016. The inauguration was attended by members of the Gendarme de Saint-Tropez film crew, including Frans Roumilly, Patrick Prejean and Remy Julien.
In a temporary exhibition hall on the first floor, the museum is currently paying tribute to Michel Galabru, who died in January 2016, in an exhibition entitled. Michel Galabru, actor on all fronts.
You can find all information about the museum hereIncluding prices and opening hours.
Source: allocine
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