''Hibernatus'' is a 1969 French-Italian comedy film directed by

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), '' My Uncle Benja ...

and written by

Jean Bernard-Luc Jean Bernard-Luc, real name Lucien Boudousse, (Guatemala City, 8 February 1909 – Pontoise (Val-d'Oise), 18 May 1985) was a 20th-century French screenwriter and dialoguist. Biography Born in Guatemala, he arrived in France with his parents a ...

. It stars Louis de Funès as an industrialist named Hubert Barrère de Tartas.

Plot

A man frozen for 65 years is found in the ice of the North Pole by a scientific polar expedition. While he is brought back to life by professor Edouard Lauriebat (

Michael Lonsdale Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes named as Michel Lonsdale, was a French actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best know ...

), the man is identified as Paul Fournier, who was exploring the pole in 1905 and is now, thanks to hibernation, a ninety-year-old young man. Edmée de Tartas ( Claude Gensac), born Fournier, is identified as the granddaughter of Paul and convinces her husband, Hubert Barrère de Tartas ( Louis de Funès), that Paul must be given back to his family, while the government wishes to treat Paul as a research subject. After a kidnapping and a pursuit, the authorities reluctantly agree, but impose, for the sake of Paul's mental health, that his environment be the same as in 1905. As Paul thinks Edmée is his mother, Hubert must play the role of a man courting Edmée and Didier (

Olivier de Funès Olivier de Funès (born 11 August 1949 in Paris), is a French former film actor and Air France pilot, son of actor Louis de Funès. Partial filmography *1965: ''Fantômas se déchaîne'' (of André Hunebelle) - Michou *1966: '' Le Grand Restau ...

), the son of Edmée and Hubert plays the role of a student living with the family. First under control, the situation gradually deteriorates especially when Paul's actions become a threat to Hubert's plan to marry his son to the daughter of Crepin-Jaujard, one of his business partners.

Cast

* Louis de Funès as Hubert Barrère de Tartas, important industrial * Claude Gensac as Edmée de Tartas, wife of Hubert * Bernard Alane as Paul Fournier (« Hibernatus »), grandfather of Edmée *

as Didier de Tartas *

Michel Lonsdale Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes named as Michel Lonsdale, was a French actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best know ...

as professor Edouard Lauriebat *

Pascal Mazzotti Pasquale "Pascal" Mazzotti (16 December 1923 in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry – 19 June 2002 in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône) was a French actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is known for having played a role in ''Hibernatus'' ...

as professor Bibolini, psychiatre *

Martine Kelly Martine is a feminine given name and a surname. Given name * Martine Aubry (born 1950), French politician * Martine Audet (born 1961), Canadian poet * Martine Aurillac (born 1939), French politician * Martine Baay-Timmerman (born 1958), Dutch pol ...

as Sophie * Paul Préboist as Charles *

Annick Alane Annick Alane (5 September 1925 – 28 October 2019) was a French film, television, and theatre actress from Carnac. Filmography *1957: ''Les Truands'' (directed by Carlo Rim) *1965: ''Les Pieds dans le plâtre'' (directed by Jacques Fabbri a ...

as Mme Crépin-Jaujard * Yves Vincent as M. Edouard Crépin-Jaujard

References

External links

* * 1969 comedy films 1969 films 1960s science fiction comedy films French comedy films Italian comedy films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Édouard Molinaro Films scored by Georges Delerue Fictional cryonically preserved characters 1960s Italian films 1960s French films Films about suspended animation {{1960s-comedy-film-stub