Tonight on TV: Romy Schneider’s Most Heartbreaking Role

Having made a name for himself with Les Grandes gueules and Boulevard du rhum, director Robert Enrico really made his mark in the public eye in 1976 with Le vieux fusil, the first César winner for Best Picture.

Inspired by the Oradur-sur-Glen massacre on June 10, 1944, in which members of the 1st Battalion of the Der Führe Regiment killed 642 civilians and set a village on fire, the film interweaves scenes of merciless violence in flashback sequences. And delicate, about the happy moments of the couple created by Philippe Noiret and Romy Schneider.

The performance of the latter and the terrible fate reserved for his character deeply moved the French public. Some will see in this performance the actor’s desire to get rid of a heavy family secret (his mother Magda Schneider was suspected of having an affair with Nazi propaganda minister Goebbels). Others will once again find evidence that he gave soul and body to his characters.

then old weapon And with 3 million viewers – making it Romy Schneider’s biggest commercial success – he would go on to make four more films also featuring World War II: The Train, The Woman at Her Window, Group Portrait with a Lady, and finally, La Passante. du Sans-Souci, his last film. With an average viewer rating of 4.2 out of 5, old weapon (ex-aequo with Garde à vue) is the top rated work of his filmography by internet users AlloCiné.

old weapon Robert Enrico with Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider, Jean Boise…

from the age of 10

Tonight on C8 at 9.10pm.