The Little Bather (1968)
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...
Director:
Robert Dhéry
Writers:
Jean Carmet, Albert Jurgenson, Michel Modo, Pierre Tchernia.
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Louis de Funès as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume |
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Andréa Parisy as Marie-Béatrice Fourchaume |
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Franco Fabrizi as Marcello Cacciaperotti |
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Michel Galabru as Scipio |
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Robert Dhéry as André Castagnier |
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Colette Brosset as Charlotte Castagnier |
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Pierre Dac as Le ministre |
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Jacques Legras as Henri Castagnier, le curé |
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Michèle Alexandre as L'épouse du ministre |
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Nicole Vervil as La mère du petit Francis |
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Robert Rollis as Un marin |
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Georges Adet as Le gardien du chantier |
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Philippe Dumat as Le joueur de tambour de la fanfare |
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Gérard Calvi as Le chef de la fanfare |
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Roger Caccia as L'organiste |
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Hélène Dieudonné as La garde-barrière |
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Pierre Tornade as Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare |
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Henri Génès as Le paysan |
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Georges Bever as Le majordome des Fourchaume (uncredited) |
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Claude Darget as Le speaker de la course nautique (uncredited) |
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Yvette Dolvia as Mlle Rongibut (uncredited) |
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Faïda Faggin as Miss San Remo (uncredited) |
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Max Montavon as L'homme nu de la cabine (uncredited) |
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Pierre Tchernia as Le président du jury (uncredited) |
| Art | Robert André | Production Design |
| Directing | Robert Dhéry | Director |
| Writing | Robert Dhéry | Writer |
| Writing | Claude Clément | Writer |
| Directing | Gérard Guérin | Assistant Director |
| Production | Bertrand Javal | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Georges Vaglio | Sound Assistant |
| Writing | Jean Carmet | Screenplay |
| Editing | Albert Jurgenson | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tanine Autré | Costume Design |
| Art | Théobald Meurisse | Assistant Decorator |
| Crew | Pierre Durin | Special Effects |
| Camera | Adolphe Charlet | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Albert Jurgenson | Screenplay |
| Production | Maurice Jacquin | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michel Berroyer | Hair Designer |
| Writing | Colette Brosset | Writer |
| Sound | Maurice Rémy | Sound Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierre Berroyer | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Gabriel Béchir | Assistant Decorator |
| Writing | Michel Modo | Screenplay |
| Production | Robert Dorfmann | Producer |
| Production | Georges Vallon | Production Manager |
| Crew | Gérard Guenier | Special Effects |
| Art | Jean André | Production Design |
| Production | Roger Morand | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Clément Claude | Second Unit Director |
| Writing | Pierre Tchernia | Screenplay |
| Sound | Gérard Calvi | Music |
| Sound | William Robert Sivel | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Jean Tournier | Director of Photography |
| Production | Lucien Lippens | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Colette Robin | Script |
| Camera | Yves Mirkine | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Janine Oudoul | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Jean Fouchet | Main Title Designer |
