Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973)

100 min · Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, Silly Movie, Sitcom, Splatstick

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Directors

Gérard Oury

Cast

Louis de Funès, Claude Giraud, Henri Guybet, Suzy Delair, Marcel Dalio, Renzo Montagnani, Miou-Miou, André Falcon, Xavier Gélin, Popeck, Denise Provence

The story

Rabbi Jacob (Marcel Dalio) is one of the most beloved rabbis of New York. One day, the French side of his family, the Schmolls, invite him to celebrate the bar mitzvah of young David, and he boards a plane for his native France after more than 30 years of American life. His young friend Rabbi Samuel accompanies him.

Catalogue themes and tags

Anti-semitism, Ausländerfeindlichkeit, Bar Mitzwa, Boat, Brooklyn, Chewing Gum, Enführung, Flughafen, Gelddieb, Hochzeit, Hubschrauber, Identity theft, Jewish life, Jewry, Juden, Liberation of Prisoners, Mistake in Person, New York, Paris, Parish, Prosecution, Rabbiner, Racist, Red Hair, Sentry, Survey, Synagogue, Toilet, Torah, Verkleidung, Vernehmung, Yiddish, Zahnarzt, Zionism, häftlinge, revolution

Genres

Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, Silly Movie, Sitcom, Splatstick

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