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The Umbrella Coup (French: Le Coup du parapluie) is a 1980 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, starring Pierre Richard, Gordon Mitchell and Gert Fröbe.
The creation of the film was inspired by several assassinations of Bulgarian dissidents where the so-called Bulgarian umbrella was used as a weapon. The working title of the film was Le Coup du Parapluie Bulgare.
Original Release
10/08/1980
US Release
10/10/1980
Cast
Name | Character |
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Pierre Richard | Grégoire Lecomte |
Valerie Mairesse | Sylvette, alias Bunny |
Christine Murillo | Josyane Leblanc |
Gordon Mitchell | Moskovitz, le tueur |
Gérard Jugnot | Frédo |
Maurice Risch | Le producteur de Paris |
Dominique Lavanant | Mireille |
Axelle Abbadie | Juliette, la fleuriste |
Yaseen Khan | Radj Kahn |
Didier Sauvegrain | Stanislas Lefort, dit Constantin Patakis, alias Pierre Juvet, dit 'La Folle' |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Pierre Richard | Grégoire Lecomte |
Valerie Mairesse | Sylvette, alias Bunny |
Christine Murillo | Josyane Leblanc |
Gordon Mitchell | Moskovitz, le tueur |
Gérard Jugnot | Frédo |
Maurice Risch | Le producteur de Paris |
Dominique Lavanant | Mireille |
Axelle Abbadie | Juliette, la fleuriste |
Yaseen Khan | Radj Kahn |
Didier Sauvegrain | Stanislas Lefort, dit Constantin Patakis, alias Pierre Juvet, dit 'La Folle' |
Mike Marshall | Le docteur |
Roger Carel | Salvatore Bozzoni |
Vittorio Caprioli | Don Barberini |
Gert Frobe | Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine |
Patrick Lecocq | Le journaliste télé |
Béatrice Avoine | |
Tiberio Murgia | Lorenzo |
Rachel Cathoud | |
Robert Dalban | Le régisseur du café-théâtre |
Jean-Jacques Moreau | L'acteur du café-théâtre |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Alain Poiré | Producer |