French/Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi
wrote and directed this adapation of the fanciful comic novel by Albert
Cohen. Set in 1938, it tells the farcical story of a band of five
French speaking Greek Jews who seek to have their status as
self-appointed ambassadors of a Palestinian Zionist state recognized by
the League of Nations in Geneva. The five are played by veteran French
comic actors Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jacques Villeret, Jacques Dufilho and Jean-Luc Bideau.
The film follows their rambling odyssey from their native Greek island
to Marseilles to Geneva, where they involve a Polish Jewish immigrant
(played by actor/singer Charles Aznavour in their scheme.
Director: Moshé Mizrahi
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