The Thirst for Gold

Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only reason he married - a tax inspector named Fleurette - was to avoid a fine for tax evasion. For several years, he has been stealing money from his construction company and buying gold bars with his ill-gotten gains. His plan is to deposit all this wealth in a Swiss Bank, where neither his wife - whom he is about to divorce - nor the French State can get at it. Accompanied by his money-grabbing Granny Zézette, Urbain heads off for Switzerland, with his gold concealed in the walls of a model house on the back of a trailer. Unfortunately, his scheme is threatened by his wife and his embittered ex-chauffeur, who are determined to get his money at any cost...

• Release date
• August 31, 1993
• Runtime
• 81 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Gérard Oury

Cast

Christian Clavier Urbain Donnadieu Marine Delterme Laurence Auger Tsilla Chelton Mémé Zezette Philippe Khorsand Jacques, ami, chauffeur et amant secret de Fleurette Catherine Jacob Fleurette, épouse d'Urbain Bernard Haller Muller, le comte suisse Pascal Greggory Jean-Louis Auger Patrick Le Luherne L'abbé Furteaux