Delicatessen
A newcomer in a famine‑stricken apartment block must win the heart of the butcher’s daughter while navigating deadly power plays over the town’s only source of meat.
“A futuristic comic feast.”
Synopsis
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above a butcher shop occasionally receive a rare delicacy—meat, a scarce resource. A young man who has recently arrived in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, leading to tensions within her family, who have other business-related plans for him.
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Principal cast & crew: 40
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Herve SchneidShot by Darius KhondjiScored by Carlos D AlessioDesigned by Marc Caro
Box Office
1991 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.4× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$1.8M
Re-release box office
- 2023
- $3K($3K today)
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Also known as
- Delikatessende
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Cast & Crew
40 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Marie Laure Dougnac
as Julie Clapet
Dominique Pinon
as Louison
Pascal Benezech
as Tried to Escape
Jean Claude Dreyfus
as Clapet
Karin Viard
as Mademoiselle Plusse
Ticky Holgado
as Marcel Tapioca
Anne Marie Pisani
as Madame Tapioca
Edith Ker
as Grandmother
Boban Janevski
as Young Rascal
Rufus
as Robert Kube
Mikael Todde
as Young Rascal
Jacques Mathou
as Roger Kube
Supporting cast
18Chick Ortega
as Postman
Jean Francois Perrier
as Georges Interligator
Silvie Laguna
as Aurore Interligator
Howard Vernon
as Frog Man
Dominique Zardi
as Taxi Driver
Maurice Lamy
as Pank
Patrick Paroux
as Puk
Marc Caro
as Fox
Eric Averlant
as Turner
Dominique Betenfeld
as Paumeau
Jean Luc Caron
as Troglodists
Bernard Flavien
as Troglodists
David Defever
as Troglodists
Raymond Forestier
as Troglodists
Robert Baud
as Voltange
Sylvain Plaine
as Customer at the Butchery
Anthony Backman
as Buano (uncredited)
Nikky Smedley
as Teri (uncredited)
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