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The Associate (French:L'associé) is a 1979 comedy film directed by René Gainville and starring Michel Serrault, Claudine Auger and Catherine Alric.[2] A co-production between France, Hungary and West Germany it is an adaptation of the 1928 novel The Partner by Jenaro Prieto. The film served as the inspiration for a 1996 American remake The Associate.

The Associate
Directed by	René Gainville
Written by	Jean-Claude Carrière René Gainville Jenaro Prieto (novel)
Produced by	Simone Allouche René Gainville
Starring	Michel Serrault Claudine Auger Catherine Alric
Cinematography	Étienne Szabo
Edited by	Raymonde Guyot
Music by	Michel Bernholc Mort Shuman
Production companies	France 3 Maran Film
Distributed by	Warner-Columbia Film
Release date	22 August 1979
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	France Hungary West Germany
Language	French
Box office	$1.6 million[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Sydney Bettex.

Cast

• Michel Serrault as Julien Pardot
• Claudine Auger as Agnès Pardot
• Catherine Alric as Alice Duphorin
• Judith Magre as Mme. Brezol
• Bernard Haller as Hellzer
• Marco Perrin as Vauban
• Jean Martin as Bastias
• Fabrice Josso as Thierry Pardot
• Henri Virlojeux as Urioste
• Mathieu Carrière as Louis
• Vadim Glowna as Marc Duphorin
• Astrid Frank as Marie-Claude Hellzer
• Daniel Prévost as Zephir
• Jacques Legras as Inspector Pernais
• Dominique Zardi as Le portier du ministère
• Nathalie Courval as La femme au bébé
• Jacques Dynam as Mathivet
• Jean-Pierre Coffe as L'employé du museum d'histoire naturelle
• Jean Leuvrais as Armand, le directeur
• Patrice Laffont as Un présentateur TV
• Christian Morin as L'animateur radio sur Europe 1
• Jean-Claude Carrière as Un homme à la lecture du testament
• Jean Degrave as André - le ministre de l'économie
• Olga Valéry as La dame aux bijoux
• Lionel Vitrant as Un agent de la sécurité d'Hellzer
• Béatrice Radian
• René Alié
• Jacques Galland
• Florence Brunold

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Associate at IMDb

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