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Gramps Is in the Resistance
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Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983-10-26 · 102 min · ★ 6.9

Comedy · War

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!

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Directors
Jean-Marie Poiré
Production companies
Les Films Christian Fechner
Countries
France
Status
Released
Budget
USD 3,000,000

Top Cast

Christian ClavierChristian ClavierMichel Taupin
Michel GalabruMichel GalabruJean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »
Roland GiraudRoland GiraudGénéral Herman Spontz
Gérard JugnotGérard JugnotAdolfo Ramirez, dit « Rami »
Martin LamotteMartin LamotteGuy-Hubert « Super Résistant » Bourdelle
Dominique LavanantDominique LavanantBernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel
Jacqueline MaillanJacqueline MaillanHéléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
Jacques VilleretJacques VilleretMaréchal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel
Josiane BalaskoJosiane BalaskoLa pharmacienne qui couche avec Ralph, un Allemand
Michel BlancMichel BlancLe père Lebœuf, résistant
Jean-Claude BrialyJean-Claude BrialyLe joueur de tennis flagorneur
Jean CarmetJean CarmetAndré Bourdelle, « Capitaine Raymond » chef d'un mouvement de résistants
Bernard GiraudeauBernard GiraudeauUn resistant arrêté (dans le camion)
Thierry LhermitteThierry LhermitteLe colonel SS
Jean YanneJean YanneMurat, fonctionnaire à la Kommandantur
Julien GuiomarJulien GuiomarColonel Vincent, collaborateur de de Gaule
Jacques FrançoisJacques FrançoisJacques de Frémontel dit « Félix », résistant
Roger CarelRoger CarelGénéral Müller, remplacé par Spontz
Carole JacquinotCarole JacquinotMireille, chef de réseau de Félix
Alain JérômeAlain JérômeSelf

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