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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 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Alfred Adam | Le sergent |
| Bernard Blier | Marquis de Cambyse / Le marquis de Cambyse |
| Carlo Alighiero | L'intendant du marquis |
| Lyne Chardonnet | Arabelle Minxit |
| Robert Dalban | Père de Manette / Jean-Pierre - l'aubergiste |
| Armand Mestral | Machecourt |
Directors
Writers
Jacques Brel, Edouard Molinaro, André Couteaux, Jean-François Hauduroy, Claude Tillier
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 |
| Alfred Adam | Le sergent |
| Bernard Blier | Marquis de Cambyse / Le marquis de Cambyse |
| Carlo Alighiero | L'intendant du marquis |
| Lyne Chardonnet | Arabelle Minxit |
| Robert Dalban | Père de Manette / Jean-Pierre - l'aubergiste |
| Armand Mestral | Machecourt |
| Paul Preboist | Parlenta / Le notaire Parlenta |
| Daniela Surina | La marquise de Cambyse |
| Christine Aurel | Madame Chapelle |
| Gérard Boucaron | Le docteur Fata |
| Dominique De Keuchel | Gaspard - l'orphelin |
| Monita Derrieux | Une jeune fille |
| Luce Fabiole | La vieille femme |
| Paul Gay | Le page |
| Jean-Pierre Lamy | Vallombreuse - l'ami d'Hector |
| Jacques Provins | Le domestique de Minxit |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Bino Cicogna | Producer |
| Jean Le Duc | Producer |
| Alain Poiré | Producer |
| Robert Sussfeld | Producer |
| Roger Debelmas | Producer |
| John Bradley | Producer |
