The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police.
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Victor Pivert -
Germaine Pivert -
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Mohamed Larbi Slimane -
Le colonel Farès -
Tzipé Schmoll, la grand-mère -
Le ministre
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Alexandre, le fils du général
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Salomon, le chauffeur de Pivert -
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Antoinette Pivert -
Esther Schmoll
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Le général -
Le commissaire divisionnaire Andreani -
Le vieux Lévi
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Director:
Gérard OuryWriters:
Gérard Oury (screenplay), Danièle Thompson (screenplay), Gérard Oury (story adaption), Danièle Thompson (story adaption), Gérard Oury (dialogue), Danièle Thompson (dialogue), Josy Eisenberg (collaborating writer), Roberto De Leonardis, Josy Eisenberg (dialogue), Josy Eisenberg (story)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
Fares tries to kidnap Slimane in St-Germain-des-Près, Paris. One of his assistant tells him that it can't be done on the boulevard because it's been done before. It's a reference to the Mehdi Ben Barka affair in 1965. The kidnapping happened in front of Brasserie Lipp on the other side of the street and that building can be seen in that sequence. The movie I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed (2005) is about that case that was a big event for a time in French politics.
Quotes
Victor Pivert:
Salomon, you're Jewish?
Goofs
When the horsemen of the Republican Guard are escorting the car, we hear the music of the band. If we hear the music at that moment, the horsemen have no music instrument in their hands: the characters are supposed to hear a music that could not be produced. Actually, if the French Republican Guard has cavalry regiments and a mounted band, the soldiers we see in the movie are not from the band, even if the director try to show a band.
Alternate Versions
To obtain a 'U' rating, cuts were made to the UK cinema release to punches during the fight scene between Sliman and one of his captors early in the film.
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Genres
Adventure | Comedy | CrimeDetails
Release Date:
18 October 1973Language
French, English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Arabic
Country of Origin
France, ItalyFilming Locations
World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USABox Office
Budget:
FRF18,000,000 (estimated)
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