---
title: 'Mon oncle Benjamin (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Édouard Molinaro'
released: '1969-11-28'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mon-oncle-benjamin-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122617/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mon oncle Benjamin (1969)

1969 · 90 min · Comedy, Romance · France, Italy


## Synopsis

My Uncle Benjamin is a 1969 French-Italian historical comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Jacques Brel, Claude Jade and Bernard Alane. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Yonne. The film's sets were designed by the art director François de Lamothe. The film is based on a once-popular French comic novel My Uncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier (1843). The 1969 film Don't Grieve, directed by the Georgian Georgi Daneliya, is also based on Tillier's novel as was Francis Bousquet's 1942 comic opera Mon oncle Benjamin. The film was released on 28 November 1969.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Jacques Brel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-brel)
- **Director:** [Édouard Molinaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-molinaro)
- **Screenplay:** [Édouard Molinaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-molinaro), [André Couteaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-couteaux), [Marina Cicogna](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-cicogna)
- **Producer:** [Marina Cicogna](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-cicogna), [Alain Poiré](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-poire)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alain Levent](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-levent)
- **Editor:** [Monique Isnardon](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-isnardon), [Robert Isnardon](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-isnardon)

## Cast

- [Pippo Merisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/pippo-merisi)
- [Alfred Adam](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-adam)
- [Claude Jade](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-jade)
- [Daniela Surina](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniela-surina)
- [Luce Fabiole](https://cinepixo.com/people/luce-fabiole)
- [Jean-Louis Tristan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-tristan)
- [Armand Mestral](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-mestral)
- [Jean-Pierre Lamy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-lamy)
- [Jacques Brel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-brel)
- [Lyne Catherine Jeanne Chardonnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyne-catherine-jeanne-chardonnet)
- [Michèle Montel](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-montel)
- [Christine Aurel](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-aurel)
- [Antoine Baud](https://cinepixo.com/people/antoine-baud)
- [Robert Dalban](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dalban)
- [Paul Préboist](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-preboist)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mon-oncle-benjamin-1969
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1195580); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.