Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

the Adventures of Rabbi Jacob is free a Film - Italian of Gerard Oury. It left in France the October 18th 1973.

Synopsis

The industrialist Victor Green woodpecker, catholic and French “like everyone”, irascible and a racist bit, prepares to marry his Antoinette daughter with the son of a general. But one Friday evening, whereas it returns to Paris with its Solomon driver, of which it discovers with stupor that it is Juif, it is victim of an route exit. Remained only after it congédié its employee who refused to work during the Shabbat, Victor Pivert will seek himself of the assistance, and ends from there in a factory of chewing-gum. He suddenly attends a settling of score between the members of a police force of State of a country identified like “Arabic” and a political dissident, Mohammed Larbi Slimane, that the latter want to eliminate. Slimane managing to escape involves, in spite of him, Victor Pivert who finds himself in addition required by the French police force and the secret police of the Arab country carried out by the Farès disaster. Victor becomes the “hostage” of Slimane and seeks to leave Paris. To escape their attackers, the two men, with the airport of Orly, find in the skin of two rabbis hassidic New Yorkean. They are found then involved, in spite of them, in a Jewish ceremony in the Rue of the Rose trees.

Data sheet

Realization: Gerard Oury
Realization for the second team: Jacques Besnard
Scenario, adaptation and dialog: Gerard Oury, his daughter Daniele Thompson, Roberto de Léonardis and the rabbi Josy Eisenberg
Assistants realizers: Bernard Stora and for the second team: Jean-Claude Sussfeld, Thierry Chabert, Philippe Lopez
Production: Films Pomereu (France) and Horse Films (Italy)
Chief of production: Bertrand Directing Javal
of production: Georges Small valley
Participation in the production: Jacques Plants
Executive producer: Michel Zemer
Distribution: Impéria Films
Decorations: Théobald Meurisse, assisted of Marc Desages and Henri Sonois
Images: Henri Decae
Operators: Charles-Henry Montel, Franck Delahaye and for the second team Vladimir Ivanov, assisted François Lauliac, Roger Gleize, Michel Laguntke
Sound: William-Robert Sivel and Catherine Kelber, for the assembly its
Boom operator: Jacques Shepherd
Script girl: Colette Crochot and Dominique Piat, for the second team
Assembly and collaboration with cutting: Albert Jurgenson, assisted of Jean-Pierre Besnard
Music: Vladimir Cosma and the Unit Kol Aviv (New music publishings Caravel)
Dances and music: Ilan Zaoui, Daniela Rachman, Philippe Gumplowicz
general Manager: Rene Fargeas
assistant Manager: Robert Fugier
Interior designer: Pierre Cartwright
Mixing: Jacques Carrère
Sound effects: Daniel Couteau
Brawls regulated by: Claude Carliez
Cascades regulated by: Rémy Julienne
Accessories suppliers: Daniel Braunschweig, Jacques Martin
special Effects: Pierre Durin
Casting: Margot Capelier
Creation of the costumes: Different Tanine, with the house Georges Bril
Costumes: Pierre Nourry
Dresses and hats: Jean Barthet
Camera and objective: Panavision
Photographer of plate: Paul Apoteker
Hairdresser: Alex Archambault
Make-up: Generic Jean-Pierre Eychenne
: Jean Fouchet (Eurocitel)
Turning: Approximately 8 weeks between Mars and July 1971, in New York and in the studios of Billancourt
Pulling with the studios and auditorium " Paris Cinéma" Studio; of Billancourt - Laboratory Franay L.T.C Saint-Cloud
Country of origin: France, Italy
Format: Color (Eastmancolor) - 35 mm
Lasted: 95 minutes
Coming out date: October 18th 1973 (France)
Visa of exploitation: 3488

Distribution

Around film

on October 6th, 1973, two weeks before the exit of film, began with the the Middle East the Guerre of Kippour between Israel and the Arab countries close.

Billy Wilder accepted that De Funès uses celebrates it counterpart of Some like it hot : Nobody is perfect .

Marcel Dalio ( born Israel Moshe Blauschild), the interpreter of Rabbi Jacob, had had to flee Paris in 1940, because its portrait was reproduced on posters supposed Nazis to represent the “typical Jew”.

the film counts more than 2000 plans.

the Street of the Rose trees, heart of Jewish the old working of the Marais in Paris, where take place several of the most memorable scenes of film, was reconstituted in studio.

the day out of film, on October 18th, 1973, the woman of Georges Cravenne, the advertizing executive of film, diverts the flight Air France Paris-Nice and threat to destroy Boeing 727 if the feature-length film, of which she considers the exit intolerable within sight of the economic situation, is not prohibited. Armed with a rifle 22 long riffle and a false gun, the young woman accepts that the plane lands with Marignane for supply before setting out again towards Cairo. On the spot, during an exchange of shots, Danielle Cravenne is reached with the head and the chest. She will die in the ambulance which evacuated it towards a private clinic.

Quotations

Victor Green woodpecker after having recognized Solomon in the Jewish community, speaking with this one about its lost employment:

- Request for him to re-enlist you it will tell you vouuui

Solomon to double me?

Green woodpecker - He will tell you vouuuui

Solomon - to triple me?

Green woodpecker - He will say to you not!

Victor Pivert in Solomon, after this last had acknowledged to him to be Jewish:

“(amazed) You are Jewish?! How, you Solomon, you are Jewish?! Solomon is Jewish! Oh!

- And my uncle Jacob who arrives from New York, he is rabbi!

- But it is not Jewish?!

- Ben if!

- (with hope) But not all vot' family?!

- If!

- (magnanime, after a silence) Listen to that done anything, I keep you nevertheless! ”

Solomon in Victor Pivert after this one had criticized its refusal to work during Shabbat (and in particular to light the headlights of the car):

“Mister does not have the right to eat meat Friday. Me, I do not have the right to light electricity saturdays. It is not stupider.

- If! It is stupider. ”

Victor Green woodpecker, at the time of the cordial handshake between Solomon and Slimane:

“Solomon, Slimane, Slimane, Solomon… You would not be a little cousins? Solomon - Cousin…? Slimane - Moved away…

And after a few moments from this moment from peace,

- Victor impatient Green woodpecker: Yes, good, not now, later, later! ”

a police officer with Victor Green woodpecker, approaching after this last addressed grimaces to him and its assistant:

“It is of me or my colleague that you foutez yourselves?!?

- Victor smiling Green woodpecker: Ah of both! I insane of both! ”

Comments

This film, borrowing from the light comedy its large strings, in the comedy situation as in the fitment of the intrigues, offers scenes of anthology, like the famous hassidic dance, but as of the major moments, like the blessing as David, the young Jew, receives from Slimane (Rabbi Seligmann for the circumstance), or the handshake between Solomon and Slimane (in all full knowledge of the facts, this time).

In addition, the film offers a pleasant visit of Paris.

the scene of the motor bike, where Slimane and Victor Green woodpecker, disguised as hassidic Jews , cross in waterspout the Rue of Rivoli to join the Invalids is one of the most known scenes of the French cinema. The involving music and jubilatoire Cosma is there for much.

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