The Associate (French: L'associé) is a 1979 comedy film directed by René Gainville and starring Michel Serrault, Claudine Auger and Catherine Alric. ^[2] A co-production between France, Hungary and West Germany it is an adaptation of the 1928 novel The Partner by Jenaro Prieto. The film served as the inspiration for a 1996 American remake The Associate.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Sydney Bettex.

Cast

• Michel Serrault as Julien Pardot
• Claudine Auger as Agnès Pardot
• Catherine Alric as Alice Duphorin
• Judith Magre as Mme. Brezol
• Bernard Haller as Hellzer
• Marco Perrin as Vauban
• Jean Martin as Bastias
• Fabrice Josso as Thierry Pardot
• Henri Virlojeux as Urioste
• Mathieu Carrière as Louis
• Vadim Glowna as Marc Duphorin
• Astrid Frank as Marie-Claude Hellzer
• Daniel Prévost as Zephir
• Jacques Legras as Inspector Pernais
• Dominique Zardi as Le portier du ministère
• Nathalie Courval as La femme au bébé
• Jacques Dynam as Mathivet
• Jean-Pierre Coffe as L'employé du museum d'histoire naturelle
• Jean Leuvrais as Armand, le directeur
• Patrice Laffont as Un présentateur TV
• Christian Morin as L'animateur radio sur Europe 1
• Jean-Claude Carrière as Un homme à la lecture du testament
• Jean Degrave as André - le ministre de l'économie
• Olga Valéry as La dame aux bijoux
• Lionel Vitrant as Un agent de la sécurité d'Hellzer
• Béatrice Radian
• René Alié
• Jacques Galland
• Florence Brunold

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Associate at IMDb

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