Danièle Thompson, who had announced that she was working following the adventures of the famous rabbi, regretted "a kind of censorship q. "We have to be very careful not to offend sensitivities," she also lamented.

"The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" told the tribulations of a racist industrialist, Victor Pivert (Louis de Funès), confronted in spite of himself with a settling of scores between terrorists from an Arab country. The cast included many talented supporting roles: Henri Guybet, Claude Piéplu, Jacques François, Popeck.