Louis de Funès
Hubert de Tartas
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A man frozen in 1905 is revived in 1969 by science and faces a cultural shock. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find more like this movie on IMDb.
- Édouard Molinaro
- 1
- 4 min
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Hibernatus is a 1969 French-Italian comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro and written by Jean Bernard-Luc. It stars Louis de Funès as an industrialist named Hubert Barrère de Tartas. Plot [ edit ]
- $25.3 million
- Alain Poiré
Synopsis. The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural shock they behave so to make believe it's 1905 and they are his cousins, uncle...
- (116)
- 1969
- G
- Édouard Molinaro
Hibernatus is a film that ranks up there as one of Louis de Funes' best films and is entertaining from the first shot onwards. The originality of the plot is what keeps you involved as well as ...
- (19)
- Edouard Molinaro
- Comedy
- Louis de Funès
Like Oscar, Hibernatus was an adaptation of a successful comic stage play and was skilfully adapted by Jean Halain and Jacques Vilfrid, who scripted many of de Funès's films. Despite its impressive production values and a superior screenplay, Hibernatus only managed to attract an audience of 3.4 million, an impressive result but way below the ...
1. The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural shock they behave so to make believe it's 1905 and they are his cousins, uncle...
"Hibernatus" is a jolly, cheerful comedy built around a fantasy / science fiction premise. The premise itself is closely tied to satire and self-mockery : in the movie, politicians and scientists talk about France discovering the key to long-term hibernation and, consequently, to space travel.
