Up to His Ears (Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine)

A 1965 French-Italian co-production mixing adventure with comedy, Up to His Ears is known in French as Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine. Produced by Vides Cinematografica, it runs about 110 minutes. On release it found a genuine popular audience, although it did not reach the level of success of L'Homme de Rio, the earlier Belmondo film by the same director, released a year before. In Germany it was shown as Die tollen Abenteuer des Monsieur L. and was later distributed again as Belmondo - Das Rauhbein.

The film is a loose adaptation of Jules Verne's 1879 novel rather than a faithful retelling. Jean-Paul Belmondo and Ursula Andress share the lead roles, with Darry Cowl, Jess Hahn, Jean Rochefort, Maria Pacôme, Paul Préboist, Valérie Lagrange, Mario David and Valéry Inkijinoff in the cast. Gil Delamare handled the stunt work.

Philippe de Broca directed and wrote the screenplay with Daniel Boulanger. Because it reunited many members of the team behind L'Homme de Rio, the production is regarded as an indirect sequel to that film.