Search - The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob [Widescreen] on DVD

Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1973 DVD Release: 04/13/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: Accent Cinema Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Comedy, Satire, Farce, Comedy of Errors

This comedy concentrates on the mishaps befalling bigoted Frenchman Louis DeFunes. While en route to his daughter's wedding, the outspoken DeFunes accidentally gets mixed up in an Arab nationalist uprising. Through a bizarre and nearly indescribable combination of events, the fiercely anti-Semitic DeFunes is forced to disguise himself as a Rabbi. The sociological statements in Mad Adventures of "Rabbi" Jacob, coscripted by director Gerard Oury, are pepped up with heavy slapstick. Initially titled The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob for its American release, this French film had the "Mad" tag attached when audiences evinced a lack of interest in what was perceived to be a religious picture. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Louis de Funès - Victor
Marcel Dalio - Rabbi Jacob
Claude Giraud - Mohamed Larbi Slimane
Henri Guybet - Salomon

Initially titled The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob for its American release, this French film had the "Mad" tag attached when audiences evinced a lack of interest in what was perceived to be a religious picture. The film concentrates on the mishaps befalling bigoted Frenchman Louis DeFunes. While en route to his daughter's wedding, the outspoken DeFunes accidentally gets mixed up in an Arab nationalist uprising. Through a bizarre and nearly indescribable combination of events, the fiercely anti-Semitic DeFunes is forced to disguise himself as a Rabbi. The sociological statements in Mad Adventures of "Rabbi" Jacob, coscripted by director Gérard Oury, are pepped up with Jerry Lewis style slapstick. Curiously, the stereotyping job the film does on certain minority groups is just about as bad as those opinions offered by the racist "hero." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide