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Gramps Is in the Resistance(1983)
Status: Released
Date: 1983-10-26
69%
432 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
The movie that cost more than the D-Day Landings
Overview:
It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
Budget: $3,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Gramps Is in the Resistance
Top 10 Billed Cast
Christian Clavier
Michel Taupin
Michel Galabru
Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »
Roland Giraud
Général Herman Spontz
Gérard Jugnot
Adolfo Ramirez, dit « Rami »
Martin Lamotte
Guy-Hubert « Super Résistant » Bourdelle
Dominique Lavanant
Bernadette Bourdelle, fille Bourdelle, fiancée de Michel
Jacqueline Maillan
Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
Jacques Villeret
Maréchal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel
Josiane Balasko
La pharmacienne qui couche avec Ralph, un Allemand
Michel Blanc
Le père Lebœuf, résistant
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