The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
"THE WILD... THE HILARIOUS... THE SCREWBALL... THE RIOTOUS"
Critics Score
🎬 91%
(RT: 91%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Suzy Delair as Germaine Pivert
Claude Giraud as Mohamed Larbi Slimane / Rabbi Zeiligman
Renzo Montagnani as Farès
Janet Brandt as Tzipé Schmoll, grandmother
Xavier Gélin as Alexandre, general's son
Is The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob good?
Yes. 89% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 91%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
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. Wikipedia ↗
