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In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assassins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
Original Release
10/17/1973
US Release
11/11/1973
Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis de Funès | Victor Pivert |
Suzy Delair | Germaine Pivert |
Marcel Dalio | Rabbi Jacob |
Claude Giraud | Rabbi Zeiligman / Mohamed Larbi Slimane |
Renzo Montagnani | Le colonel Farès / Farès |
Janet Brandt | Tzipé Schmoll, la grand-mère / Tzipé Schmoll, grandmother |
André Falcon | Le ministre / Minister |
Xavier Gélin | Alexandre, le fils du général / Alexandre, general's son |
Henri Guybet | Salomon, le chauffeur de Pivert / Salomon, Pivert's driver |
Popeck | Moishe Schmoll |
Directors
Writers
Gérard Oury, Daniele Thompson, Josy Eisenberg, Roberto De Leonardis
Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis de Funès | Victor Pivert |
Suzy Delair | Germaine Pivert |
Marcel Dalio | Rabbi Jacob |
Claude Giraud | Rabbi Zeiligman / Mohamed Larbi Slimane |
Renzo Montagnani | Le colonel Farès / Farès |
Janet Brandt | Tzipé Schmoll, la grand-mère / Tzipé Schmoll, grandmother |
André Falcon | Le ministre / Minister |
Xavier Gélin | Alexandre, le fils du général / Alexandre, general's son |
Henri Guybet | Salomon, le chauffeur de Pivert / Salomon, Pivert's driver |
Popeck | Moishe Schmoll |
Miou-Miou | Antoinette Pivert |
Denise Provence | Esther Schmoll / Esther |
Jacques François | Le général / General |
Claude Piéplu | Le commissaire divisionnaire Andreani / Divisional Commissioner Andreani |
Georges Adet | Le vieux Lévi / Old Levi |
Cherif Adnane | Un homme de main de Farès |
Paul Bisciglia | Le pompiste / Pump attendant |
Philippe Brigaud | L'adjoint du ministre / Deputy Minister |
Gerard Darmon | Un homme de main de Farès / Farès henchman |
Noël Darzal |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michel Zemer | Executive Producer |
Gérard Beytout | Producer |
Bertrand Javal | Producer |
Jacques Plante | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1975 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |