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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Prebook 3/23; Street 4/13 Facets, Comedy, $29.95 VHS and DVD, NR. In French. Stars Louis de Funes, Marcel Dalio, Suzy Delair.
A dusty but delightful artifact of 1970s French cinema, The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob is worthy of resuscitation on DVD for any number of reasons, not the least of which is the performance of the amazing comic-actor de Funes who, regrettably, is virtually unknown in the United States.
The ever-pratfalling de Funes plays Victor Privert, an acerbic, self-absorbed and outspokenly racist factory owner who...