The Big Restaurant is a French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 comedy

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 thriller film from 1966, directed by Jacques Besnard, written by Jean Halain

Jean Halain

Jean Halain , born 14 January 1920 in Paris, died 14 September 2000 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, was a film screenwriter.He was a scriptwriter and screenwriter of numerous films of Louis de Funès.- Screenwriter :...

 and Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...

, starring Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...

 and Bernard Blier

Bernard Blier

Bernard Blier was a French character actor. His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He proved to be one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas...

. The film is known under the titles: "The Big Restaurant" (International English title), "What’s Cooking in Paris" (USA), "El gran restaurante" (Spain), "Das große Restaurant" (East Germany), "Oscar hat die Hosen voll" (West Germany), "Chi ha rubato il presidente?" (Italy).

Cast

• Louis de Funès
  Louis de Funès
  Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
  
   : Mr. Septime, boss of a big Parisian restaurant
• Bernard Blier
  Bernard Blier
  Bernard Blier was a French character actor. His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He proved to be one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas...
  
   : the Chief Superintendent
• Maria-Rosa Rodriguez : Sophia, the secretary of the president Novalès
• Paul Préboist
  Paul Préboist
  Paul Préboist was a French actor.He made his film debut in Cresus . Appeared in more than hundred films, mostly in supporting roles, and is best known as a comic actor.-Selected filmography:* Il y a des jours.....
  
   : the wine steward of the restaurant
• Venantino Venantini
  Venantino Venantini
  Venantino Venantini is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in over 140 films since 1954.-Selected filmography:* No Sun in Venice * Les Tontons flingueurs * Le Corniaud...
  
   : Enrique
• Folco Lulli
  Folco Lulli
  Folco Lulli was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 104 films between 1946 and 1970. He was the brother of actor Piero Lulli.-Selected filmography:* Flesh Will Surrender * Tragic Hunt...
  
   : Mr. Novalès, le président sud-américain
• Noël Roquevert
  Noël Roquevert
  Noël Roquevert was a French film actor. He appeared in over 180 films between 1932 and 1972.He was born in Doué-la-Fontaine, France and died in Douarnenez, France.-Selected filmography:* Le Corbeau...
  
   : the minister
• Raoul Delfosse : Marcel, the leader cook
• Max Montavon : the violinist and the customer who declares "Oh, c'est pas cher du tout!"
• Roger Caccia : pianist
• Pierre Tornade
  Pierre Tornade
  Pierre Tornade is a French actor. He appeared in 128 films and television shows between 1956 and 1998.-Selected filmography:* Les Truands * Comme un cheveu sur la soupe * Les Veinards...
  
   : maître of hotel
• Guy Grosso : waiter
• Michel Modo : Petit-Roger, another waiter
• Juan Ramirez : general
• Maurice Risch
  Maurice Risch
  Maurice Risch is a French film and theater actor, born on 25 January 1943 in Paris.With his large expressive eyes and round face, he represents one of the recurring presences of French comic cinema...
  
   : a garçon of the restaurant
• Jean Ozenne : the second maître of the hôtel
• Jacques Dynam
  Jacques Dynam
  Jacques Dynam was a French film actor. He appeared in over 150 films between 1942 and 2004. He was born and died in Paris, France.-Selected filmography:* My Wife Is Formidable...
  
   : a waiter
• Paul Faivre : the blotted customer
• André Badin : a diner with the minister
• Frédéric Santaya : a conspirator
• Eugène Dekker : the accomplice of Novalès
• Marc Arian : a diner
• Roger Lumont : a diner
• Olivier de Funès
  Olivier de Funès
  Olivier de Funès , a French film actor, son of Louis de Funès.- Selected filmography :* 1965 : Fantômas se déchaîne of André Hunebelle : Michou...
  
  

External links

• Le Grand Restaurant at the Films de France