Overview
Plot
A bigoted French factory owner is taken hostage by an Arab rebel leader, and the two disguise themselves as rabbis to evade assassins and police. Pivert ends up posing as the beloved Rabbi Jacob, returning to France after 30 years.
- Directors
- Gérard Oury
- Cast
- Louis de Funès, Suzy Delair, Marcel Dalio, Claude Giraud, Renzo Montagnani, Janet Brandt, André Falcon, Xavier Gélin, Henri Guybet, Popeck, Miou-Miou, Denise Provence, Jacques François, Claude Piéplu, Georges Adet, Paul Bisciglia, Philippe Brigaud, Gérard Darmon, Noël Darzal, Michel Duplaix
- Country
- France, Italy
- Genre
- Comedy
- Release date
- 1973-10-17
- Studios
- Horse Film, Les Films Pomereu, SNC
Plot
Warning: spoilers
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Plot and Cast
Victor Pivert, a blustering bigot, becomes the hostage of Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. To escape both assassins from Slimane's country and police who suspect Pivert of murder, the pair dress as rabbis. Pivert impersonates Rabbi Jacob, a cherished figure visiting France after three decades in the US. His dentist wife fears he's leaving her, their daughter is set to marry, and a Parisian neighborhood prepares to welcome the rabbi.
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