Hibernatus (1969)

Director:

Edouard Molinaro

Writers:

Jean Bernard-Luc (play)
Jacques Vilfrid (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:

10 September 1969 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905...

Plot Keywords:

Greenland | Abbey | France | 1900s | Alternative Reality

Cast

Louis de Funès	...	Hubert de Tartas
Michael Lonsdale	...	Le professeur Édouard Loriebat (as Michel Lonsdale)
Claude Gensac	...	Edmée de Tartas
Bernard Alane	...	Paul Fournier
Annick Alane	...	Mme Crépin-Jaujard, la mère d'Evelyne
Olivier De Funès	...	Didier de Tartas
Eliette Demay	...	Evelyne Crépin-Jaujard
Martine Kelly	...	Sophie
Jacques Legras	...	L'avocat
Pascal Mazzotti	...	Le professeur Bibolini
Claude Piéplu	...	Le secrétaire général
Paul Préboist	...	Charles
Yves Vincent	...	Crepin-Jaujard
Evelyne Dassas	...	L'assistante de Bibolini
Monita Derrieux	...	Une infirmière
Robert Le Béal	...	Le docteur
Harry-Max	...	Le vieil homme (as Harry Max)
Max Montavon	...	Rabier, le fondé de pouvoir
Carlo Nell	...	Un reporter
Virginie Vignon	...	La soubrette
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Bisciglia	...	Le prêtre (uncredited)
Adrien Cayla-Legrand	...	Un photographe (uncredited)
Evelyne Dress	...	L'extra (uncredited)
Michel Duplaix	...	Un invité à lunettes (uncredited)
Sébastien Floche	...	L'huissier du secrétaire général (uncredited)
Jean Gold	...	Un invité (uncredited)
Bob Lerick	...	L'assistant du professeur (uncredited)
Sylvain Levignac	...	Un ambulancier (uncredited)
Robert Lombard	...	M. Thomas (uncredited)
Raymond Malfray	...	Le motard (uncredited)
Olivier Mathot	...	(uncredited)
Gérard Pelaprat	...	Un groom (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Zola	...	Le moine de l'abbaye (uncredited)

Directed by
Edouard Molinaro

Writing credits
Jean Bernard-Luc		(play)
Jacques Vilfrid		(adaptation & dialogue) and
Jean Bernard-Luc		(adaptation & dialogue) and
Louis de Funès		(adaptation & dialogue) and
Jean Halain		(adaptation & dialogue)

Produced by
Alain Poiré	....	delegate producer

Original Music by
Georges Delerue

Cinematography by
Marcel Grignon
Raymond Pierre Lemoigne		(as Raymond Lemoigne)

Film Editing by
Monique Isnardon
Robert Isnardon

Production Design by
François de Lamothe

Costume Design by
Jacques Fonteray

Makeup Department
Anatole Paris	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Guy Azzi	....	assistant production manager
Roger Boulais	....	assistant production manager
Roger Debelmas	....	production manager
Robert Sussfeld	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pierre Cosson	....	second unit director
Philippe Monnier	....	assistant director

Art Department
Robert Christidès	....	set dresser
Jacques Martin	....	property master

Sound Department
René-Christian Forget	....	sound (as René Forget)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michel Lebon	....	camera operator
Jean-Paul Schwartz	....	camera operator

Other crew
Vincent Darasse	....	staff member
Jean Fouchet	....	title designer
Christian Gallo	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Gaumont International
• Rizzoli Film

Distributors

• Gaumont (1969) (France) (theatrical)
• Another World Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (GCTHV) (2003) (France) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Eurocitel  titles
• Hortensia  music published by (as Éditions Hortensia)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | English | Danish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Aéroport de Paris-Roissy-Charles de Gaulle - BP 20102, Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France

Company:

Gaumont International

Trivia:

First feature film of Bernard Alane.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003) (TV)

When the comedies were really funny...

Arctic expedition finds the frozen body of Paul Fournier in Greenland. He stayed in eternal cold for sixty five years and was brought to life in 1970. He is taken care by the family of his descendants and he believes that it is still 1905 and he had a riding accident after which he had developed some memory problems. By his doctor's request, to spare him the shock of waking up, the house he stays in and the streets surrounded it are redecorated to look like in the beginning of the 20th century. He does not know that the woman he believes his mother is his granddaughter and her polite but slightly hyper fiancée (De Funes) has been her husband for over twenty years. The movie belongs to Luis De Funes as all his comedies do. I'd like to name just a few - the trilogy of Fantômas movies where De Funes was energetic, bubbling with the mad ideas, clumsy and hilarious Commissar Juve; "La Grande vadrouille" (1966) where he shared the screen with another French legend, Bourvil, and "Oscar" (1967) which he simply stole with his performance. During his long career De Funes learned how to make every viewer in the audience laugh – not just laugh but almost die from laughing. While watching "Hibernatus" again after many years, I almost fall from the couch – my husband and our friends had more fun watching me than the movie.