The Little Bather

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...

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Louis de Funès

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume

Andréa Parisy

Marie-Béatrice Fourchaume

Franco Fabrizi

Marcello Cacciaperotti

Robert Dhéry

André Castagnier

Colette Brosset

Charlotte Castagnier

Pierre Dac

Le ministre

Jacques Legras

Henri Castagnier, le curé

Michèle Alexandre

L'épouse du ministre

Nicole Vervil

La mère du petit Francis

Robert Rollis

Un marin

Georges Adet

Le gardien du chantier

Philippe Dumat

Le joueur de tambour de la fanfare

Gérard Calvi

Le chef de la fanfare

Roger Caccia

L'organiste

Hélène Dieudonné

La garde-barrière

Pierre Tornade

Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare

Henri Génès

Le paysan

Georges Bever

Le majordome des Fourchaume (uncredited)

Claude Darget

Le speaker de la course nautique (uncredited)

Yvette Dolvia

Mlle Rongibut (uncredited)

Faïda Faggin

Miss San Remo (uncredited)

Max Montavon

L'homme nu de la cabine (uncredited)

Pierre Tchernia

Le président du jury (uncredited)

Art

Robert André

Production Design

Jean André

Production Design

Gabriel Béchir

Assistant Decorator

Théobald Meurisse

Assistant Decorator

Jean Fouchet

Main Title Designer

Camera

Jean Tournier

Director of Photography

Adolphe Charlet

Camera Operator

Yves Mirkine

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Tanine Autré

Costume Design

Pierre Berroyer

Makeup Artist

Michel Berroyer

Hair Designer

Crew

Pierre Durin

Special Effects

Gérard Guenier

Special Effects

Directing

Robert Dhéry

Director

Clément Claude

Second Unit Director

Gérard Guérin

Assistant Director

Editing

Janine Oudoul

Assistant Editor

Production

Maurice Jacquin

Associate Producer

Bertrand Javal

Associate Producer

Lucien Lippens

Unit Manager

Roger Morand

Assistant Production Manager

Georges Vallon

Production Manager

Sound

Maurice Rémy

Sound Assistant

William Robert Sivel

Sound Assistant

Georges Vaglio

Sound Assistant

Writing

Pierre Tchernia

Screenplay

Albert Jurgenson

Screenplay

Michel Modo

Screenplay

Jean Carmet

Screenplay

Art

Robert André

Production Design

Jean André

Production Design

Gabriel Béchir

Assistant Decorator

Théobald Meurisse

Assistant Decorator

Jean Fouchet

Main Title Designer

Camera

Jean Tournier

Director of Photography

Adolphe Charlet

Camera Operator

Yves Mirkine

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Tanine Autré

Costume Design

Pierre Berroyer

Makeup Artist

Michel Berroyer

Hair Designer

Crew

Pierre Durin

Special Effects

Gérard Guenier

Special Effects

Directing

Robert Dhéry

Director

Clément Claude

Second Unit Director

Gérard Guérin

Assistant Director

Editing

Janine Oudoul

Assistant Editor

Production

Maurice Jacquin

Associate Producer

Bertrand Javal

Associate Producer

Lucien Lippens

Unit Manager

Roger Morand

Assistant Production Manager

Georges Vallon

Production Manager

Sound

Maurice Rémy

Sound Assistant

William Robert Sivel

Sound Assistant

Georges Vaglio

Sound Assistant

Writing

Pierre Tchernia

Screenplay

Albert Jurgenson

Screenplay

Michel Modo

Screenplay

Jean Carmet

Screenplay