Le Magnifique
Le Magnifique
Bob Saint-Clar, l’as des services secrets français, est dépêché au Mexique pour déjouer les plans funestes du colonel Karpof, chef des services secrets de la République populaire d’Albanie… C’est le début du 43ème mauvais roman d’espionnage qu’est en train d’écrire François Merlin, quadragénaire divorcé, dans son appartement défraîchi de la rue des Tournelles, dans le Marais. Trois étages au-dessus, Christine, étudiante anglaise en sociologie, emprunte à François son premier roman, « Panique rouge en Alaska ». Sa lecture lui donne l’idée de faire du héros de romans de gare Bob Saint-Clar le sujet de sa thèse. Merlin a fait de son héros, son alter ego imaginaire, en plus sportif et dynamique toutefois. Il intègre à l'énigme les éléments extérieurs qui ne cessent de le perturber, comme sa belle voisine Christine, son électricien ou son éditeur Geroges Charron...
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Cast
Bruno Garcin
as Pilu
Roger Muni
as The Doctor at the Airport
Charly Koubesserian
as Guard (uncredited)
Alexandre Mnouchkine
as Paramedic at the back of Ambulance (uncredited)
Fabrizio Moresco
as Student with Pipe
Maurice Auzel
as Airport Mechanic (uncredited)
Philippe de Broca
as Second Plumber (uncredited)
Vittorio Caprioli
as Georges Charron / Colonel Karpov
Henri Czarniak
as Soldier (uncredited)
Hubert Deschamps
as Typewriter Seller
Jean-Pierre Rambal
as The Lecturer
Robert Berri
as The Commander
Sébastien Floche
as The Serbian Interpreter who speaks Russian
Michel Thomass
as Fake Pope
Raoul Guylad
as The Albanian (uncredited)
Louis Navarre
as The Romanian Interpreter who speaks Serbian (uncredited)
Lucienne Legrand
as Woman
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar
Hans Meyer
as Colonel Collins
Max Desrau
as The Albanian Interpreter who speaks Romanian
Jacqueline Bisset
as Christine / Tatiana
Raymond Gérôme
as General Pontaubert
André Weber
as The Plumber
Micha Bayard
as Charron's Secretary
Monique Tarbès
as Mrs. Berger
Jean Lefebvre
as The Electrician
Bernard Musson
as The French Interpreter who speaks Czech
José Paul
as Merlin's Son (uncredited)
Laure Moutoussamy
as Charron's Friend
Jack Bérard
as The Russian Interpreter who speaks Czech (uncredited)
Mario David
as Traffic policeman in the rain
Crew
Jesús Marín
Assistant Director
Claude Bolling
Original Music Composer
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Writer
Alain Belmondo
Production Manager
Georges Dancigers
Producer
Vittorio Caprioli
Writer
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Stunts, Producer
Henri Lanoë
Editor
Jacques Brizzio
Assistant Decorator
François de Lamothe
Art Direction
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Producer
Philippe de Broca
Director, Writer
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor
Francis Veber
Writer
Charly Koubesserian
Key Makeup Artist
Jean-Paul Schwartz
Camera Operator
René Chateau
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