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The Cabbage Soup

The Cabbage Soup

19816.41h 38m

Overview

Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.

Directed by Jean Girault
Written by Louis de Funès, Jean Halain, René Fallet
Produced by Christian Fechner
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Top Cast

Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)

Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)

Jacques Villeret

Jacques Villeret

L'Oxien (La Denrée)

Christine Dejoux

Christine Dejoux

Francine

Claude Gensac

Claude Gensac

Amelie Poulangeard

Henri Génès

Henri Génès

Le brigadier-chef

Marco Perrin

Marco Perrin

Le maire

Max Montavon

Max Montavon

Le frère d'Amélie Poulangeard

Perrette Souplex

Perrette Souplex

Aimée, la patronne de l'hôtel de France

Philippe Brizard

Philippe Brizard

Le facteur

Themes & Keywords

flying saucerfrancebased on novel or bookalcoholculture clashapproachmayormodernityhangmanalienback from the deadcabbagehunchbackalien contactalien languageremote villageplayfulold mencheerfulcomfortingjoyful

About The Cabbage Soup

The Cabbage Soup is a comedy, science fiction film released in 1981 exploring themes of flying saucer, france, based on novel or book, alcohol, culture clash, approach. Directed by Jean Girault, it stars Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret. Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.

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