<P> The first German version was written in 1948 by Hans Fritz Beckmann und Lale Andersen . The latter recorded it with Michael Jary and his orchester in the same year . However Beckmann was unhappy with the first attempt and rewrote it . The new version was first recorded by the German actress and singer Liselotte Malkowsky in 1949 and became rather popular in German speaking countries . Later recordings comprise the Austrian Schlager singer Lolita, the Austrian soprano Eva Lind, the Italian - German singer and entertainer Caterina Valente and the German entertainer and band leader Götz Alsmann . </P> <P> Russian version named Волна (Wave) was adopted by two Soviet Russian poets and translators, Samuil Bolotin and Tatiana Sikorskaya, in the 1950 - ties for Leonid Utyosov, popular Soviet Russian singer of Jewish origin . It was included into the albim called "Ах, Одесса моя" ("Oh, my Odessa"). </P> <P> The French original is featured prominently in a variety of films, including L.A. Story, in which it is played during the opening montage; French Kiss (1995), in which it is sung by lead actor Kevin Kline and Mr. Bean's Holiday, which uses a recording of Trenet himself in its final scene . It also is played in the last episode of White Collar (TV series) named Aú Revoir started on a record player by Mozzie and then it plays over Neal Caffrey cracking a safe and Neal Caffrey walking through the streets of Paris . The song is sung in the French documentary film Blood of the Beasts (1949). Julio Iglesias' 1976 live recording is used instead of dialogue and other sounds (including a gun shot) during the last three and a half minutes of the 2011 British spy - film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, directed by Tomas Alfredson . The film and the song both end in the same moment (credit credentials aside). It is performed in the film A Life Less Ordinary (1997) by Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz . The Trenet recording is heard over the end credits of an episode of The Simpsons titled "The Squirt and the Whale". </P> <P> On British television, the original version of the song was used as the title music for ITV's coverage of UEFA Euro 2016 . </P>

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