A well-to-do bourgeois, Tartarin lives in Tarascon, a small southern town, among friends who, like him, love hunting "à la casquette", gossip, aperitifs and thought-provoking journeys. Imaginative like all his compatriots, Tartarin ended up believing he had once been to Shanghai, so fervently did he recount his illusory adventures. It was even rumored that Tartarin was about to leave for Africa to hunt wild beasts, and this was so insistent that the brave man, urged on by his friends, was forced...
Top Cast
FR
Francis BlancheAntoine Tartarin
JA
Jacqueline MaillanMrs. Bézuquet
MI
Michel GalabruBarbassou
AL
Alfred AdamPrince Gregori of Montenegro
CA
Camille GuériniVictor Bombonnel
PA
Paul PréboistCostecade
AL
Alain BouvetteFracca
RO
Robert PorteBézuquet
AN
Annick TanguyBaja
HU
Hubert DeschampsLadévèze
GA
Gaston OrbalBravida
MI
Michel EmerPianist
MA
Maryse PailletBerthe Fracca
JO
Joe SentieriSinger in the train carriage
RA
Raoul AndréLocomotive engineer
YV
Yvan AudouardPorter
BO
BourvilPriest who reinflates the tire of his moped
DA
Darry CowlMan broken down in the desert
JE
Jean RichardDirector of the 'Mitaine' circus
RA
Raymond DevosMotorist
RO
Roger PierreScout
JE
Jean-Marc ThibaultScout
GE
Georges de CaunesRadio reporter
HE
Henri SalvadorGamekeeper who shoots himself in the foot