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A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police.A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police.A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Marcel Dalio
- Rabbi Jacob
- (as Dalio)
Popeck
- Moishe Schmoll
- (as Jean Herbert)
Paul Bisciglia
- Le pompiste
- (as Paolo Bisciglia)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe movie was released on October 18th 1973, during Yom Kippur War between Israel and Arab countries. That very day, the press attaché's wife hijacked a plane to prevent the movie from being released, claiming that the movie was pro-Israeli. She eventually was shot by police marksmen.
- GoofsFares and his thugs are not really speaking Arabic but mumbling something instead.
- Quotes
Mohamed Larbi Slimane: The revolution is like a bicycle, when it stops it falls.
- Alternate versionsIn the english dubbed version, the last line is changed From, "That's alright sir, we'll take you anyway" to "That's alright sir, nobody's Perfect". Then in the ending credits, they thank Billy Wilder for the last line, which is a steal from the last line from "Some Like It Hot".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003)
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So many memories
My grandfather, as well as my father were both of them fans of french cinema. I grew up watching this film in our Beta video (oh yes, way before VHS existed and DVD wasn't even thought of) and now, 20 years later I see it again in an anniversary edition. I can say I remember almost every gag from the film... every scene. I just watched it on DVD with my father again and was a blast from the past for both of us, he had seen it with my granddad 35 years ago in the cinema and with me and my brothers several times on video. I am saving this film to watch with my kids too in the future, they'll grow up with it too.
Such a great time...and so many memories
Such a great time...and so many memories
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- Release date
- Countries of origen
- Languages
- Also known as
- The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob
- Filming locations
- Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France(scenes set in Rue des Rosiers, Paris 4)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- FRF 18,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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