09 May 1996
Ridicule
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Royal Affairs in Versailles
The history of the palace of Versailles from it's founding to the present.
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Top Billed Cast
Michel Auclair Jacques Damiens
Jean-Pierre Aumont Cardinal de Rohan
Jean-Louis Barrault Fénelon
Jeanne Boitel Mrs. de Sévigné
Gilbert Bokanowski Louis XVI
Bourvil Museum guard
Pauline Carton Neighbor
Gino Cervi Cagliostro
Jean Chevrier Turenne
Aimé Clariond Rivarol
Claudette Colbert Mrs. de Montespan
Nicole Courcel Mrs. de Chalis
Danièle Delorme Louison Chabray
Yves Deniaud Peasant
Jean Desailly Marivaux
Renée Devillers Mrs. Campan
Daniel Gélin Jean Collinet
Fernand Gravey Molière
Pierre Larquey Museum guard
Jean Marais Louis XV
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