Inspector Blunder (1980) filming locations
- Documented locations
- 27
- Year
- 1980
- Directed by
- Claude Zidi
- Original title
- Inspecteur La Bavure
Paris 8e, France
Brasserie institution of the Champs-Élysées (1899), classified, a prominent venue of Tout-Paris. Built by architect Édouard François, it is well listed in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage.
The scene : 4 min — The restaurant where Marthe, Michel Clément's mother, works.
Clamart, France
The scene : 8 min — Michel and his mother uncork the champagne on his father's grave to celebrate his admission to the competition. Later, it is in this same tomb that he hides.
Paris 7e, France
The scene : 10 min — The fake movers park their Calberson truck and empty the place without rushing.
Paris 3e, France
Former site of the École centrale des Arts et Manufactures, rue Conté in Paris, now attached to CNAM.
The scene : 10 min — The police station where Michel Clément is assigned.
Paris 16e, France
The scene : 17 min — Street taken by the Watrin-Clément patrol.
Paris 7e, France
The scene : 18 min — The "napoleonization": the movers hoist Michel Clément's car onto the pedestal of a statue of Napoleon.
Paris 19e, France
The scene : 29 min — Michel Clément comes to announce to his friends, busy packing in the back room, that he has passed his inspector's exam. At 29 minutes and 11 seconds, the place hosts the party thrown for him.
Paris 1er, France
Former department store turned antique gallery, place du Palais-Royal in Paris. Designed by Hector Guimard, it is listed as a historical monument.
The scene : 31 min — What takes place at the antique dealer's, notably at 31 minutes.
Paris 8e, France
The most famous avenue in Paris, connecting the Concorde to the Étoile.
The scene : 33 min — Chase scene on the avenue, around 33 minutes.
Paris 15e, France
The scene : 36 min — The chase launched by the police against Roger Morzini reaches its peak here.
Malakoff, France
The scene : 36 min — Climax of the chase between the police and Roger Morzini: Michel Clément's van tips over and takes with it the vehicles that were racing behind him.
Paris 8e, France
The scene : 45 min — As she steps back, Mlle Prossant accidentally collides with Inspector Clément's vehicle.
Paris 8e, France
The scene : 46 min — The confrontation barely finished, Inspector Clément follows Mlle Prossant into the fashion house.
Paris 7e, France
The Eiffel Tower, a 330 m iron lady erected by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Exposition, on the Champ-de-Mars. Designed by Stéphen Sauvestre, this lattice and observation tower is classified as a historic monument.
The scene : 48 min — Depardieu observes through the telescope, from the top of the tower, the arrival of Mlle Prossant at the Champ-de-Mars.
Paris 7e, France
The scene : 48 min — Miss Prossant arrives on this pathway of the Champ-de-Mars, observed from the Eiffel Tower, and exchanges words with Michel Clément.
Paris 19e, France
Small neighborhood perched in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, with narrow streets and views of the city.
The scene : 49 min — Michel Clément arrives at the boulodrome, accompanied by the "journalist," his friend.
Paris 19e, France
The scene : 49 min — Michel's mother lives here; it's also the slope he races down with his friend to reach the petanque court.
Paris 5e, France
The scene : 56 min — Michel Clément takes the wheel of his magnificent Dyna Panhard, with Roger Morzini by his side.
Paris 1er, France
Famous tea room on Rue de Rivoli (1903), renowned for its hot chocolate "l'Africain" and its Mont-Blanc. It has been an establishment combining restaurant and shop since its inception.
The scene : 1 hr 7 min — At around 53 minutes: Michel Clément and his chief Marcel Watrin extend their "close protection" around a cup.
Suresnes, France
The scene : 1 hr 27 min — The equipment of a street guitarist begins to crackle as Inspector Clément passes by: the bug slipped into his jacket is the cause.
Malakoff, France
The scene : 1 hr 33 min — Starting at 1:33, at night: Inspector Clément and two accomplices come to get Morzini's mother from her pavilion.
Bréançon, France
Former disused SNCF train station of Bréançon (Val-d'Oise); private property.
The scene : Opening in black and white: Pierrot le Fou empties his magazine on Jules, the father of Michel Clément.
Grisy-les-Plâtres, France
The scene : The house in which Jules, Michel's father, is hit by bullets within the first few minutes — perhaps that of the old station in Bréançon, very close by.
Vignely, France
Lock on the Marne, at Vignely, in Seine-et-Marne.
The scene : They reenact in front of the investigators the assault suffered by the little girl, Michel Clément and the satyr present.
Aubervilliers, France
The scene : Inspector Clément enters a photographer's studio and finds his body at the end of a rope.
Suresnes, France
A public building from the 19th century dedicated to the municipal administration of Suresnes, it is listed in the French cultural heritage registry.
The scene : The chase in blue outfits, amidst the orchestra.
Enghien-les-Bains, France
The scene : Just before the climax: at the controls of an excavator, Michel Clément demolishes the villa where Morzini is holding Marie-Anne captive.
Filming locations by city
- Filming locations in Paris — 160 movies
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