Gramps Is in the Resistance

Oct 26, 1983

1h 42m

★ 6.9

The movie that cost more than the D-Day Landings

Overview

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!

Genres

Comedy

War

Production Companies

Les Films Christian Fechner

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Cast

Michel Taupin

Christian Clavier

Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »

Michel Galabru

Général Herman Spontz

Roland Giraud

Adolfo Ramirez, dit « Rami »

Gérard Jugnot

Guy-Hubert « Super Résistant » Bourdelle

Martin Lamotte

Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel

Dominique Lavanant

Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »

Jacqueline Maillan

Maréchal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel

Jacques Villeret

La pharmacienne qui couche avec Ralph, un Allemand

Josiane Balasko

Le père Lebœuf, résistant

Michel Blanc

Le joueur de tennis flagorneur

Jean-Claude Brialy

André Bourdelle, « Capitaine Raymond » chef d'un mouvement de résistants

Jean Carmet

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