Overview - The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

Overview

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 assasins 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.

Cast

• Name: Louis de Funès

  Character: Victor Pivert

  Popularity: 15.953

  

• Name: Suzy Delair

  Character: Germaine Pivert

  Popularity: 2.244

  

• Name: Marcel Dalio

  Character: Rabbi Jacob

  Popularity: 5.433

  

• Name: Claude Giraud

  Character: Mohamed Larbi Slimane / Rabbi Zeiligman

  Popularity: 3.044

  

• Name: Renzo Montagnani

  Character: Farès

  Popularity: 7.344

  

• Name: Janet Brandt

  Character: Tzipé Schmoll, grandmother

  Popularity: 3.657

  

• Name: André Falcon

  Character: Minister

  Popularity: 1.847

  

• Name: Xavier Gélin

  Character: Alexandre, general's son

  Popularity: 2.036