07 Nov 1997
Thanks for the Tip
The story of an odd family in which two uncles, apparently bachelors, play the role of mother and father for their two orphan nephews in the Valencia of the 1960s and 70s.
Delusions of Grandeur
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
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Louis de Funès Don Salluste de Bazan
Yves Montand Blaze, Don Sallust's valet
Alice Sapritch Dona Juana, first lady of the queen
Karin Schubert Queen of Spain
Alberto de Mendoza King of Spain
Jaime de Mora y Aragón Marquis of Priego
Eduardo Fajardo Cortega
Antonio Pica Duke of Los Montes
Joaquín Solís Duke of Sandoval
Venantino Venantini Marquis del Basto
Gabriele Tinti Don César, nephew of Don Sallust
Paul Préboist The mute
Sal Borgese One-eyed man
Astrid Frank Lady of the Infant of Spain
Robert Le Béal Chamberlain
Clément Michu Stuttering valet of Don Salluste
La Polaca Dancer
Leopoldo Trieste Giuseppe, Italian inventor of the Bomba
Ricardo Palacios Cook (uncredited)
Frédéric Norbert Valet (uncredited)
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