''The Associate'' (French:''L'associé'') is a 1979
comedy film
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directed by
René Gainville and starring
Michel Serrault,
Claudine Auger and
Catherine Alric.
[Goble p.376] A
co-production between France, Hungary and West Germany it is an adaptation of the 1928 novel ''
The Partner'' by
Jenaro Prieto. The film served as the inspiration for a 1996 American remake ''
The Associate''.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Sydney Bettex.
Cast
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Michel Serrault as Julien Pardot
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Claudine Auger as Agnès Pardot
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Catherine Alric as Alice Duphorin
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Judith Magre
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as Mme. Brezol
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Bernard Haller
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The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...
as Hellzer
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Marco Perrin
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* Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin
* Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish co ...
as Vauban
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Jean Martin as Bastias
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Fabrice Josso as Thierry Pardot
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Henri Virlojeux
Henri Virlogeux (22 March 1924 – 19 December 1995) was a French actor. He is known for "The 400 Blows" (1959), "Les rois maudits" (1972) and "Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur" (1971). He was married to Véronique Silver. He died on December 19, ...
as Urioste
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Mathieu Carrière
Mathieu Carrière (; born 2 August 1950) is a German actor.
Life
Carrière grew up in Berlin and Lübeck; he attended the Jesuit boarding school in Vannes, France, a school which had previously been attended by the director of Carrière's fi ...
as Louis
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Vadim Glowna as Marc Duphorin
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Astrid Frank as Marie-Claude Hellzer
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Daniel Prévost as Zephir
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Jacques Legras as Inspector Pernais
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Dominique Zardi as Le portier du ministère
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Nathalie Courval as La femme au bébé
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Jacques Dynam as Mathivet
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Jean-Pierre Coffe as L'employé du museum d'histoire naturelle
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Jean Leuvrais as Armand, le directeur
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Patrice Laffont as Un présentateur TV
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Christian Morin as L'animateur radio sur Europe 1
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Jean-Claude Carrière as Un homme à la lecture du testament
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Jean Degrave as André - le ministre de l'économie
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Olga Valéry as La dame aux bijoux
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Lionel Vitrant __TOC__
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as Un agent de la sécurité d'Hellzer
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Béatrice Radian
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René Alié
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Jacques Galland
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*
Florence Brunold
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1979 films
1979 comedy films
French comedy films
Hungarian comedy films
West German films
1970s French-language films
Films directed by René Gainville
Films based on Chilean novels
German comedy films
1970s French films
1970s German films
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