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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Comedy · Crime · Mystery · 1978

Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.

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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

“The Mystery-Comedy That Tastes as Good as It Looks”

1978 Comedy · Crime · Mystery 1h 52m

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6.2 / 10

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Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.

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Directed by

Ted Kotcheff

Written by

Peter Stone

George Segal

George Segal

Robby Ross

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Natasha O'Brien

Robert Morley

Robert Morley

Maximilian Van Devere

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Louis Kohner

Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret

Jean-Claude Moulineau

Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

August Grandvilliers

Gigi Proietti

Gigi Proietti

Ravello

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Put Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.