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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
That's Show Business
1975 1h 45m FR
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6.8
SOLID
★6.8TMDB · 13
Comedy
Synopsis
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Clement Mastard is the head of a leading journal dedicated to extravagant vaudeville. An unexpected contract requires him to reconnect with his former headliner Celia Bergson part to try to avant-garde theater. It is through this that he met Johann Sebastian Bloch, misunderstood musician who cause the loss but the side which Mastard, the man without scruples, to humanize and eventually produce a real masterpiece, the Missa Solemnis
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jean Yanne
Clément Mastard
Robert Hirsch
Jean-Sébastien Bloch
Catherine Rouvel
Célia Bergson
Liliane Montevecchi
Gigi Nietzsche
Denise Gence
Anna-Magdalena
Ginette Leclerc
L'habilleuse
Hubert Deschamps
Taffarel
Georges Beller
Pommier
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jean Yanne
- Writers
- Gérard Sire, Jean Yanne, Jean Yanne
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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Fun facts 🍿
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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CAST
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Jean Yanne and Robert Hirsch and Catherine Rouvel carry the top of the cast.
MoodPlayr · trivia#03
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0188500 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
MoodPlayr · trivia#04
5 / 5
WILD
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Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
MoodPlayr · trivia#05
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Jean Yanne directs. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 151 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Jean Yanne and Robert Hirsch and Catherine Rouvel carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0188500 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 105 min · 1h 45m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- Certification (US)
- 12
Also by
Jean Yanne
Production companies
Who made it
- PR
Productions Yanne
- GA
Gaumont Distribution
Key crew
- DialogueGérard Sire
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- musical
- satire
- financier
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1975-10-2412
Also known as
International titles
- That's Show BusinessUS
