Up to his Ears [Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine]

Philippe de Broca (director)
Jules Verne (novel)
Daniel Boulanger (screenwriter)
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Maria Pacome, Valerie Lagrange (starring)

Paris: Les Films Ariane, 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress on the set of the 1965 film, provocatively eating a banana. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the verso.

Loosely based on the 1879 novel "Tribulations of a Chinaman in China" by Jules Verne. An adventure-comedy following the depressed billionaire Arthur Lempereur (Jean-Paul Belmondo), who after a series of suicide attempts hires hit-men to kill him, but after he meets Alexandrine Pinardel (Ursula Andress) he tries to cancel the hit.

Shot on location in Malaysia, China, Nepal, India, and France.

6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #144489]