''Mon pote le gitan'' (French: "My buddy the Gypsy"), is a French

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

film from 1959, directed by François Gir, written by Alain Blancel, starring

Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...

. In Italy the film is known under the title: "Il dottor zivago". the scenario was written on the basis of "Les Pittuiti's" of

Michel Duran Michel Duran, pen name of Michel Joseph Durand (22 April 1900, in Lyon – 18 February 1994, in Rambouillet) was a French actor, author, dialoguist and screenwriter. He was the son of Michel Jacques Durand and Marie Exbrayat.Archives municipale ...

Cast

* Jean Richard : M Pittuiti, the Gypsy *

: M. Védrines, editor *

Gregori Chmara Gregori Mikhailovich Chmara (Ukrainian: Григорій Михайлович Хмара, Russian: Григорий Михайлович Хмара; 29 July 1878 – 3 February 1970) was a Ukrainian-born stage and film actor whose career spanned ...

: Le "Pépé" *

Michel Subor Michel Subor (, born Mischa Subotzki; 2 February 1935 – 17 January 2022) was a French actor who gained initial fame with the starring role in Jean-Luc Godard's second feature, ''Le petit soldat'' (1960), but the French government banned it un ...

: Bruno Pittuiti, the son of the Gypsy * Guy Bertil : Théo Védrines, the son of the editor *

Lila Kedrova Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Кедрова; 9 October 1909 – 16 February 2000), known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian-born French actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actre ...

: La "Choute" *

Brigitte Auber Brigitte Auber (; born Marie-Claire Cahen de Labzac , 27 April 1925) is a French actress who has worked on stage, film and television in Europe. Career Auber was born in Paris on 27 April 1925. She began her film career with the leading role i ...

: Odette, la bonne *

Simone Paris Simone Paris (1909–1985) was a French stage and film actress.Turk p.441 Selected filmography * ''Nine Bachelors'' (1939) * '' The Martyr of Bougival'' (1949) * ''Je l'ai été trois fois'' (1952) * ''Run Away Mr. Perle'' (1952) * '' The Moment o ...

: Mrs Védrines * Anne Doat : Gisèle Védrines, daughter *

Joseph Reinhardt Joseph "Nin-Nin" Reinhardt (1912-1982) was the younger brother of guitarist Django Reinhardt and played rhythm guitar on most of Django's pre-war recordings, especially those with the Quintette du Hot Club de France between 1934 and 1939. He was ...

: the musician * Thérésa Dmitri : Zita Pittuiti, daughter * Jacqueline Caurat : the reporter *

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* Jacques Verrières * Odile "Maguy" Poisson * Robert Destain * François Bonnefois * Eliane Martel * Monique Dagand

References

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Mon pote le gitan (1959)
at the ''Films de France'' 1959 films French comedy films 1950s French-language films French black-and-white films Films about Romani people 1959 comedy films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub