Le Repas des fauves (1964)
Directed by Christian-Jaque
Comedy / Drama / War
aka: Champagne for Savages
Le Repas des fauves (1964)
Film Synopsis
France, 1942. A bookseller named Bachelin has invited some friends to celebrate his wife Sophie's birthday. As he prepares for the dinner party, he is surprised to find one of his Jewish neighbours hiding in his cellar, but he decides to keep this from his guests. The latter include the Pétain-supporting Dr Marcillac, the disillusioned philosophy professor Claude Salmon and Françoise, who hates Nazis as her husband is a prisoner of the Germans. Jean-Louis is blind because of an injury sustained in the war and Mangicol is Sophie's uncle, an unashamed Nazi collaborator. Suddenly, two shots are fired in the street and two German soldiers are killed. A few minutes later, S.S. Kaubach enters Bachelin's apartment with the message that unless the killer is handed over to him, two hostages will be taken and shot...© James Travers
The above content is owned by frenchfilms.org and must not be copied.
Similar Films
Here are some other films you may enjoy watching:- M.A.S.H. (1970)
- Les Otages (1938)
- La Traversée de Paris (1956)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- La Vita è bella (1997)
Other related links:
Film Credits
- Director: Christian-Jaque
- Script: Henri Jeanson, Claude Marcy, Christian-Jaque, Vahé Katcha (novel)
- Cinematographer: Pierre Petit
- Music: Gérard Calvi
- Cast: Francis Blanche (Francis), Boy Gobert (Kaubach), Antonella Lualdi (Françoise), Adolfo Marsillach (Le docteur), Claude Nicot (Victor), Dominique Paturel (Jean-Louis), Claude Rich (Claude), France Anglade (Sophie), Jean Maurice, Carlos Ronda
- Country: France / Italy / Spain
- Language: French
- Support: Black and White
- Runtime: 99 min
- Aka: Champagne for Savages
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
The greatest French film directors
The best of British film comedies
