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Mon oncle Benjamin (My Uncle Benjamin) is a 1969 French film directed by Édouard Molinaro, starring Jacques Brel and Claude Jade. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel Mon oncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier (1842). The 1969 film Don't Grieve, directed by the Georgian Georgi Daneliya, is also based on Tillier's novel The film was released November 28, 1969.
Original Release
11/28/1969
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jacques Brel | Benjamin Rathery / Le docteur Benjamin Rathery |
| Claude Jade | Manette |
| Bernard Alane | Pont-Cassé / Le vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé |
| Rosy Varte | Bettine, soeur de Benjamin / Bettine Machecourt |
| Paul Frankeur | Docteur Minxit / Le docteur Minxit |
| Robert Dalban | Père de Manette / Jean-Pierre - l'aubergiste |
| Bernard Blier | Marquis de Cambyse / Le marquis de Cambyse |
| Alfred Adam | Le sergent |
| Armand Mestral | Machecourt |
| Paul Preboist | Parlenta / Le notaire Parlenta |
Directors
Writers
Edouard Molinaro, André Couteaux, Claude Tillier, Jacques Brel, Jean-François Hauduroy
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jacques Brel | Benjamin Rathery / Le docteur Benjamin Rathery |
| Claude Jade | Manette |
| Bernard Alane | Pont-Cassé / Le vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé |
| Rosy Varte | Bettine, soeur de Benjamin / Bettine Machecourt |
| Paul Frankeur | Docteur Minxit / Le docteur Minxit |
| Robert Dalban | Père de Manette / Jean-Pierre - l'aubergiste |
| Bernard Blier | Marquis de Cambyse / Le marquis de Cambyse |
| Alfred Adam | Le sergent |
| Armand Mestral | Machecourt |
| Paul Preboist | Parlenta / Le notaire Parlenta |
| Carlo Alighiero | L'intendant du marquis |
| Dominique De Keuchel | Gaspard - l'orphelin |
| Jean-Pierre Lamy | Vallombreuse - l'ami d'Hector |
| Luce Fabiole | La vieille femme |
| Lyne Chardonnet | Arabelle Minxit |
| Pippo Merisi | Monsieur Bonteint |
| Yvon Sarray | Le mari |
| Eric Vasberg | Un laquais |
| Daniela Surina | La marquise de Cambyse |
| Christine Aurel | Madame Chapelle |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Alain Poiré | Producer |
| Bino Cicogna | Producer |
| John Bradley | Producer |
| Jean Le Duc | Producer |
| Roger Debelmas | Producer |
| Robert Sussfeld | Producer |
