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My Wife's Husband

Original title: La cuisine au beurre
  • 1963
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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My Wife's Husband (1963)
Comedy

After 13 years in Germany, Fernand is returning to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disappearance, his wife has started over with a Norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of coo... Read allAfter 13 years in Germany, Fernand is returning to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disappearance, his wife has started over with a Norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of cooking with butter when Fernand cooks only with oil.After 13 years in Germany, Fernand is returning to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disappearance, his wife has started over with a Norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of cooking with butter when Fernand cooks only with oil.

  • Director
    • Gilles Grangier
  • Writers
    • Pierre Lévy-Corti
    • Jean Le Vitte
    • Jean Manse
  • Stars
    • Fernandel
    • Bourvil
    • Claire Maurier
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    902
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gilles Grangier
    • Writers
      • Pierre Lévy-Corti
      • Jean Le Vitte
      • Jean Manse
    • Stars
      • Fernandel
      • Bourvil
      • Claire Maurier
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Anne-Marie Carrière and Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil and Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil and Claire Maurier in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil, Laurence Lignières, Mag-Avril, and Jean-Pierre Zola in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Fernandel and Michel Galabru in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil, Fernandel, and Claire Maurier in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil, Fernandel, and Claire Maurier in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil and Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Bourvil and Fernandel in My Wife's Husband (1963)
    Fernandel and Claire Maurier in My Wife's Husband (1963)

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    Fernandel
    Fernandel
    • Fernand Jouvin - un restaurateur marseillais
    Bourvil
    Bourvil
    • André Colombey - un restaurateur normand
    Claire Maurier
    • Christiane Colombey - ex Jouvin, la femme d'André
    Andrex
    Andrex
    • Pelletan
    Mag-Avril
    • Mme Rose
    • (as Mag Avril)
    Edmond Ardisson
    Edmond Ardisson
    • Carlotti
    • (as Ardisson)
    Henri Arius
    • Le maire
    • (as Arius)
    Laurence Lignières
    • Marinette
    • (as Laurence Lignères)
    Evelyne Séléna
    • Louise
    Gaston Rey
    • Espinasse
    André Tomasi
    • Gervasoni
    Roger Bernard
    • Le petit
    • (as Le petit Roger Bernard)
    Henri Vilbert
    • Maître Sarrazin
    Anne-Marie Carrière
    • Gerda
    Michel Galabru
    Michel Galabru
    • Maximin
    Max Amyl
    Max Amyl
    • Un journaliste
    • (uncredited)
    Georges Audoubert
    Georges Audoubert
    • Un client
    • (uncredited)
    Henri Bon
    • Bernard, le filleul de Fernand
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gilles Grangier
    • Writers
      • Pierre Lévy-Corti(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Jean Le Vitte(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Jean Manse(adaptation) (dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Bourvil, who was excited to play besides Fernandel, his long time idol, was deceived by him, because Fernandel ignored him between the takes and behaved in a very arrogant way with the rest of the crew. According to Bourvil, Fernandel thought he was, him, Fernandel, the real lord and god on the shooting.
    • Connections
      Remade as Mes deux maris (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      La Caissière du Grand Café
      Music by Louis Izoird

      Lyrics by Louis Bousquet

      Performed by Fernandel

    User reviews3

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Bourvil and Fernandel in Martigues : Normandy / Provence, butter / oil.
    When he was young, Bourvil admired Fernandel, and it was a pleasure shooting with him, but Fernandel was tough with Bourvil trying to steal the movie and Grangier helped Bourvil without showing it to Fernandel. Bourvil had already met the fabulous Jean Gabin in "la Traversée de Paris", Jean Marais in "le Capitan", and he was soon to team with Louis de Funès in "le Corniaud" and "la Grande Vadrouille". Bourvil and Fernandel are great in this confrontation of the two husbands with two different cookings in picturesque Martigues, and finally having big laughs together, these scenes are great. I'm not a fan of Fernandel, but here he is much tougher than usual and he gains a lot on the screen. Louis de Funès was soon shooting his own restaurant movie, "le Grand restaurant".
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1963 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Cooking with Butter
    • Filming locations
      • Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Agnes Delahaie Productions
      • Dear Film Produzione
      • Les Films Corona
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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