Gerard Oury, the husband of Michelle Morgan, was an actor who turned director. His movies as an actor where mostly unimportant, but his movies as a director are superb. Adventures of Rabbi Jacob with the great comedian Louis de Funs is probably his greatest achievement to date. In the plot, De Funs, and antisemite, is obliged to pose as a Jew, in order to save his life!! This concept alone is enough to trigger an avalanche of comedic situations unsurpassed in any previous de Fun's movie, and fitting his cinema persona as a glove. The supporting cast is also superb, and includes Suzy Delair as his dentist wife, and other well known French actors. Unfortunately this movie is unavailable even in France, but I am sure that it will soon appear on DVD as have some other de Funs movies at this time, two by Gerard Oury.
Review of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
