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The Restaurant
Comedy
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Sep 9, 1966
Rating Unavailable
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A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.
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Directors
Jacques Besnard
Vote Average
6.8
Vote Count
486
Popularity
18
Language
Français
Origin Country
FR
Cast
Louis de Funès
M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
Bernard Blier
Le commissaire divisionnaire
María Rosa Rodríguez
Sophia, la secrétaire du président Novalès
Venantino Venantini
Henrique, chef de la sécurité du président Novalès
Folco Lulli
Le président sud-américain Novalès
Paul Préboist
Le sommelier buveur
Noël Roquevert
Le ministre
Yves Arcanel
Henri
Robert Dalban
Le conspirateur français
Julián Antonio Ramírez
Le général conspirateur
Eugene Deckers
Le complice de Novalès
Frédéric Santaya
Un conspirateur
Albert Dagnant
Un conspirateur
Jean Ozenne
Le maître d'hôtel « Mon Dieu ! Mon Dieu ! »
Pierre Tornade
Le second maître d'hôtel
Yves Elliot
Le troisième maître d'hôtel
Michel Modo
Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
Jacques Dynam
Un serveur
Guy Grosso
Un serveur
Jean Droze
Un serveur
Pierre Roussel
Un serveur
René Bouloc
Un serveur
Maurice Risch
Julien, un serveur et violoncelliste forcé
Raoul Delfosse
Marcel, le chef cuisinier
Olivier de Funès
Marmiton Louis, le filleul de Marcel, le chef cuisinier
Max Montavon
Le violoniste / Client qui dit que "ce n'est pas cher du tout"
Claus Holm
Le Doktor Müller " Kartoffeln und Muskatnuss "
André Badin
L'invité ignoré du ministre
Marc Arian
Un client du restaurant
Roger Caccia
Le pianiste
Henri Marteau
Le second inspecteur adjoint
Jacques Legras
L'agent de police
René Berthier
Bernard Dumaine
Le client satisfait
Roger Lumont
Un client du restaurant
Paul Faivre
Le client taché
Julian Ramirez
Robert Destain
Le baron
France Rumilly
La baronne
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