---
title: 'La Cage aux Folles (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Édouard Molinaro'
released: '1978-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-cage-aux-folles-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077288/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# La Cage aux Folles (1978)

1978 · 88 min · Comedy · France, Italy

Original title: La Cage aux folles

## Synopsis

La Cage aux Folles is a 1978 comedy film co-written and directed by Édouard Molinaro, based on Jean Poiret's 1973 play. It stars Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault as a gay couple operating a drag nightclub on the French Riviera, Rémi Laurent as the former's son, and Michel Galabru and Carmen Scarpitta as his new fiancée's ultraconservative parents. The French-language picture was a French-Italian co-production by United Artists.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Édouard Molinaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-molinaro)
- **Screenplay:** [Édouard Molinaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-molinaro), [Francis Veber](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-veber), [Jean Poiret](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-poiret)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Producer:** [Marcello Danon](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcello-danon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Armando Nannuzzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-nannuzzi)
- **Editor:** [Monique Isnardon](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-isnardon), [Robert Isnardon](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-isnardon)

## Cast

- [Jacques Ferrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-ferriere)
- [Mimmo Poli](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-poli)
- [Carlo Reali](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-reali)
- [Vittorio Bodini](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-bodini)
- [Peter Boom](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boom)
- [Margherita Horowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/margherita-horowitz)
- [Venantino Venantini](https://cinepixo.com/people/venantino-venantini)
- [Benny Luke](https://cinepixo.com/people/benny-luke)
- [Pierre Mondy](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-mondy)
- [Oreste Lionello](https://cinepixo.com/people/oreste-lionello)
- [Rémi Laurent](https://cinepixo.com/people/remi-laurent)
- [Luisa Maneri](https://cinepixo.com/people/luisa-maneri)
- [Michel Serrault](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-serrault)
- [Claire Maurier](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-maurier)
- [Giovanni Vettorazzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-vettorazzo)

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