The Visitors (1993)
Les visiteurs (original title)Reference View | Change View
- R
- 1h 47min
- Comedy, Fantasy
- 12 Jul 1996 (USA)
- Movie
A medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.
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Awards:
- 1 win & 8 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Christian Clavier | ... |
Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacquard
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Jean Reno | ... |
Godefroy de Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail
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Valérie Lemercier | ... |
Frénégonde de Pouille / Béatrice de Montmirail
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Marie-Anne Chazel | ... |
Ginette la clocharde
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Christian Bujeau | ... |
Jean-Pierre
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Isabelle Nanty | ... |
Fabienne Morlot
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Gérard Séty | ... |
Edgar Bernay
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Didier Pain | ... |
Louis VI le Gros
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Jean-Paul Muel | ... |
Marechal des Logis Gibon
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Arielle Sémenoff | ... |
Jacqueline
(as Ariel Séménoff)
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Michel Peyrelon | ... |
Edouard Bernay
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Pierre Vial | ... |
Wizard Eusebius / Monsieur Ferdinand
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François Lalande | ... |
Priest
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Didier Bénureau | ... |
Intern Beauvin
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Frédéric Baptiste | ... |
Freddy
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Pierre Aussedat | ... |
Chief Sgt. Morlet
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Tara Gano | ... |
Witch
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Stéphanie Marie | ... |
Princess Kathlyn, mistress of Louis VI
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Jean-Luc Caron | ... |
Ganelon
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Anna Gaylor | ... |
Godfroid de Mont-Mirail's Mother
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Claire Magnin | ... |
Rejuvenate's Old Woman
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Eric Averlant | ... |
Brother Raoul
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Jean-Pierre Clami | ... |
Restaurant's Boss
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Thierry Liagre | ... |
Restaurant's Cook
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David Gabison | ... |
Maître d'hôtel
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Patrick Burgel | ... |
Duc de Pouille, Frénégonde's Father
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Paul Bandey | ... |
Henri 1st Beauclerc, King of UK
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Jérôme Berthoud | ... |
Le barman du bowling
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Amandine Boyadjian |
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Yohan Boyadjian |
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Katia Delagarde |
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Éric Denize |
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Bela Grushka | ... |
(as Bela Gruschka)
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Dominique Hulin |
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Jean-Guillaume Le Dantec |
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Madeleine Marie |
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André Raffard |
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Michel Scourneau |
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Théophile Sowié | ... |
The Postman
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Nadia Vasil |
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Katja Weitzenböck | ... |
(as Katja Weitzenbock)
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Olivier Wojciechowski |
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Dominique Delguste | ... |
Male nurse (uncredited)
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Jérôme Frazer | ... |
Business man (uncredited)
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Jean-Marie Poiré | ... |
A villain (uncredited)
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Gérard Vivès | ... |
Infirmier (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jean-Marie Poiré |
Written by
Christian Clavier | ... | (writer) |
Jean-Marie Poiré | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
Hervé Bourges | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Alain Poiré | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Nicolas Seydoux | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Alain Terzian | ... | producer |
Music by
Eric Levi |
Cinematography by
Jean-Yves Le Mener |
Editing by
Catherine Kelber |
Editorial Department
Camille Bordes-Resnais | ... | first assistant editor |
Nathalie Delest | ... | post-production coordinator |
Lizi Gelber | ... | second assistant editor (as Lizzie Gelber) |
Didier Ranz | ... | editor: video |
Dorian Rigal-Ansous | ... | assistant editor |
Jean-Philippe Vallespir | ... | second assistant editor |
Adeline Yoyotte | ... | first assistant editor |
Casting By
Françoise Menidrey |
Production Design by
Hugues Tissandier |
Art Direction by
Bertrand Seitz |
Set Decoration by
Hugues Tissandier |
Costume Design by
Catherine Leterrier |
Makeup Department
Sophie Antonuccio | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Patrick Archambault | ... | hair stylist |
Muriel Baurens | ... | makeup artist |
Jacques Gastineau | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Patrice Iva | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Gisèle Jacquin | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Sylvie Jouineau | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Nadia Laurent | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Annick Legout | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Emmanuel Pitois | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Gilles Rossire | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Production Management
Laure Blaess | ... | assistant production manager |
Agnès Chaulier | ... | production manager |
Caroline Gautier | ... | assistant production manager |
Philippe Lièvre | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gilles Bannier | ... | assistant director |
Isabelle Beauchesne | ... | assistant director |
Laurence Coq | ... | assistant director |
Francis de Gueltzl | ... | second unit director |
Sébastien Drhey | ... | 2nd unit |
Paul Gueu | ... | first assistant director |
Pierre Pochy | ... | assistant director |
Gary Saint-Martin | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Jean-Laurent Agrinier | ... | props |
Odile Alliet | ... | painter |
Jean-Noël Andrieux | ... | carpenter |
Louis-Fernand Billet | ... | property master |
Jean-Robert Blanche | ... | scenic artist |
Dominique Crepet | ... | carpenter |
Badara Faye | ... | carpenter |
Olivier Foucher | ... | set designer |
Emmanuel Gateau | ... | assistant production designer |
Bruno Goury | ... | carpenter |
Michel Grimaud | ... | property master |
Michel Guarguir | ... | painter |
Madjid Hamzaoui | ... | construction manager |
Christophe Hervé | ... | painter |
Manuel Jorge | ... | swing gang |
Gilles Laboulandine | ... | construction coordinator (as Gilles LaBoulandine) |
Bruno Lefebvre | ... | assistant property master |
Patrick Lefebvre | ... | set dresser |
Benoît Lemaire | ... | assistant property master |
Daniel Maltret | ... | lead man |
Serge Margiocchi | ... | carpenter |
Vincent Maroutian | ... | painter |
Daniel Mauvignier | ... | painter |
Jérôme Poirier | ... | set dresser |
Claude Pollan | ... | painter |
Pierre Roger | ... | painter |
Roger Saillard | ... | set designer |
Philippe Savoir | ... | storyboard artist |
Frank Thevenon | ... | construction coordinator |
Christophe Thiollier | ... | storyboard artist |
Evelyne Tissandier | ... | swing gang |
Patrick Tombette | ... | construction foreman |
Sophie Vesoul | ... | assistant production designer |
Thomas Vichy | ... | key painter |
Patrick Widdrington | ... | head carpenter |
Jerome Fortier | ... | carpenter (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Sylviane Bouget | ... | boom operator |
Gilbert Crozet | ... | dubbing sound |
Jean Goudier | ... | sound |
Frédéric Hamelin | ... | sound engineer: second unit |
Bernard Le Roux | ... | sound mixer (as Bernard Leroux) |
Jérôme Lévy | ... | foley artist |
Pascal Mazière | ... | foley artist |
Jean-Charles Ruault | ... | sound |
Claude Villand | ... | sound mixer |
Special Effects by
Florence Lagrange | ... | special effects |
Jean-Marc Mouligne | ... | special effects |
Jacques Puiseux | ... | special effects |
Jim Sandys | ... | senior animatronic model designer (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Cédric Houplain | ... | visual effects artist |
Pitof | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Antoine Simkine | ... | visual effects executive producer: Duboi |
Jean-Marie Vives | ... | matte painting director |
Rip Hampton O'Neil | ... | director of reseach and development (uncredited) |
Marc Jouveneau | ... | visual effects coordinator (uncredited) |
Stunts
Joëlle Baland | ... | stunts |
Alain Barbier | ... | stunts |
Terrance Eugene Fredericks | ... | stunts (as Terrance Fredericks) |
Jean Gouello | ... | stunts (as Jean Gonello) |
Mario Luraschi | ... | stunt coordinator |
Joel Matray | ... | stunts |
Roland Neunreuther | ... | stunt coordinator |
Leslie Rain | ... | stunts (as Leslie Goranson) |
Dany Roca | ... | stunts |
Bernard Sachsé | ... | stunts |
Jean-Marie Sonnet | ... | stunts |
Patrick Steltzer | ... | stunts |
Noël Vandendries-Lestienne | ... | stunts |
Lionel Vitrant | ... | stunts |
Mario Luraschi | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Roland Neunreuther | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Anut | ... | grip |
André Atellian | ... | key grip |
Frédéric Atellian | ... | best boy grip |
Brigitte Barbier | ... | first assistant camera |
Benoît Bayle | ... | grip |
Christophe Beaucarne | ... | camera operator: second unit |
Eric Bialas | ... | assistant camera |
Richard Brodet | ... | electrician |
Bernard Caroff | ... | electrician |
Christophe Cojan | ... | electrician |
Alain Cousseau | ... | gaffer |
Muriel Cravatte | ... | focus puller |
Pascal Delaunay | ... | grip |
Dominique Delguste | ... | first assistant camera: second camera |
Hervé Dieu | ... | assistant camera |
Jean-Michel Gageat | ... | electrician |
Pascal Henin | ... | electrician |
Christophe Legal | ... | first assistant camera: second unit |
Bernard Lependu | ... | assistant chief lighting technician |
Jacques Mironneau | ... | camera operator |
Eric Nové | ... | grip |
Gilles Poulin | ... | electrician |
Marie-Laure Prost | ... | second assistant camera |
Jérôme Prébois | ... | still photographer |
Philippe Ros | ... | director of photography: second unit |
Jean-Pierre Sauvaire | ... | director of photography: second unit |
Jean-Claude Temporelli | ... | best boy electric |
Marc Koninckx | ... | steadicam operator (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Célina Blanc | ... | extras casting |
Evelyne Tison | ... | extras casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marie-Françoise Coureur Le Duc | ... | costumer |
Charlotte David | ... | wardrobe |
Fanny Jakubowicz | ... | costumer |
Suzette Monlouis | ... | costumer |
Annick Redon | ... | costumer |
Gretchen Gain | ... | set costumer (uncredited) |
Susan MacKenzie | ... | costume maker (uncredited) |
Location Management
Thierry Crépin | ... | location manager |
Bobane Veselinovic | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Dominik Borde | ... | music mixer |
Mario Klemens | ... | conductor |
Skaila Kanga | ... | musician: harp (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Rachel Corlet | ... | script assistant (as Rachel Corlet-Soulier) |
Céline Migeon | ... | trainee continuity |
Chantal Pernecker | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
François d'Artemare | ... | stage manager |
Frédéric Doniguian | ... | production assistant |
Caroline Emery | ... | production secretary |
Stephan Guillemet | ... | production assistant |
Jérôme Haumont | ... | production assistant |
Jean-Louis Lalet | ... | production assistant |
Carmen Lima | ... | production assistant |
Jean-Charles Maratier | ... | fencing master |
Anne Marchal | ... | production assistant |
Andreas Meszaros | ... | production assistant |
Philippe Morlier | ... | production assistant |
Francis Pesquer | ... | tapestry |
Frédéric Pesquer | ... | tapestry |
Julie Salvador | ... | production assistant |
Dominique Segall | ... | press attache / press promotion |
Alain Terzian | ... | presenter |
Philippe Zone | ... | assistant horse master |
Pamela Clay | ... | adr voice (uncredited) |
Nathalie Fister | ... | assistant to the producer (uncredited) |
Thanks
Philippe Savay | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
- Alpilles Productions
- Amigo Productions
- Canal+
- France 3 Cinéma
- France Télévisions
- Gaumont International
Distributors
- Arrow Film Distributors (1994) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Finnkino (1994) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (1993) (France) (theatrical)
- Herald Film Company (1993) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Lucernafilm - Gama (1993) (Czechia) (theatrical)
- Miramax (1996) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- New Vision Films (1996) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Scotia International Filmverleih (1993) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Sonet Film (1993) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- C/FP Video (Canada) (VHS)
- Cine Company S.A. (Spain)
- Forum Film (1998) (Finland) (VHS)
- Future Film (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
- Gativideo (1995) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Leonine Studios (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Leonine Studios (2023) (Germany) (DVD)
- Lionsgate Films (Canada)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1997) (Finland) (tv)
- Miramax (United States) (DVD)
- Notorious Pictures (2020) (Italy) (video)
- UFA Video (1994) (Germany) (VHS)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2005) (Germany) (DVD) (cut)
- Versus Entertainment (2009) (Spain) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Abbey Road Studios (choir recorded at)
- Czech Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
- English Chamber Choir (choir)
- Kitsch Studios (music mixed at)
- Motion Control Cameras (visual effects)
- Renault (vehicles)
- Smécky Studios (orchestra recorded at)
- Studio St-Nom (additionnal music recorded at)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A medieval nobleman and his squire are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. He enlists the aid of his descendent to try to find a way to return home, all the while trying to cope with the cultural and technological changes distinguishing his time from ours.
Written by Stewart M. Clamen |
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Taglines | When an 11th century knight and his loyal servant try to go back in time, only one thing will stand in their way. The 20th century. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | FRF50,000,000 (estimated) |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $98,800,000 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Mel Brooks was hired to write and record English-language dialogue for the U.S. release. But the version did not test well with audiences, and co-writer/director Jean-Marie Poiré hated it, saying Brooks had turned it from a comedy about a French knight into a parody with French accents so thick it was almost impossible to understand. So Miramax held up U.S. release until the summer of 1996, with standard subtitles. Brooks was paid $500,000 for his efforts, however. See more » |
Goofs | When Godefroy arrives at Béatrice's, he complains that "there's no longer any hectare of forest". Hectare is a surface area unit that was invented during the French Revolution. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in CinéMagique (2002). See more » |
Soundtracks | Symphonie Ecossaise See more » |
Crazy Credits | After the final credits role, stick around for a "Hello to all you credits-lovers!" accompanied by a waving medieval knight. See more » |
Quotes |
Jacquouille la Fripouille:
Don't drink it [the potion] Jacquouille la Fripouille: , Sire! You might turn into a frog, a bat, a goat, or a nun's arse! Godefroy de Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail: You're right. Drink first! Jacquouille la Fripouille: Me? Godefroy de Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail: Let's see if you turn into a nun's arse. If you do, I'll seek revenge. See more » |