In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the French offices of his multinational company is inundated with mysteriously threatening be-ribboned anti-capitalist tracts, delivered overnight to everyone's desks. Later, the executive's body is brought to company offices for an official wake -- only no one at the company has ordered that such a thing be done. A mysterious prankster, who is able to imitate the voice of the company's president, has arranged these things. When Americans from the head office get wind of these developments, they institute a search for the perpetrator which leads to mysterious subterranean passages under the company's skyscraper.
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Jean Yanne
Director of human relations
Known for
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Weekend
Michel Piccoli
Saint-Ramé
Known for
We Have a Pope
Contempt
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
Arnon Milchan
Also in
Once Upon a Time in America
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Stephen Becker
Yves Gasser
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Roustev
Known for
The Da Vinci Code
The Dream Team
Klaus Hellwig
Also in
Venice/Venice
Richard Rodney Bennett
Marlène Jobert
Madame Arangrude
Known for
Masculin Féminin
We Won't Grow Old Together
René-Victor Pilhes
Théobald Meurisse
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli Director · René-Victor Pilhes Screenplay Stephen Becker Screenplay
United States release October 1, 1978 · Produced in France, Switzerland · Production Action Films
Production
Citel Films
Production
Action Films
Production
France · Switzerland
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Original title
L'Imprécateur
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · September 7, 1977
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1978
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Germany
December 3, 1979 · TV · West Germany
Hungary
January 10, 1980 · Theatrical
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