Royal Affairs in Versailles
Sacha Guitry1954-02-10
The history of the palace of Versailles from it's founding to the present.
6.8
165 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Michel Auclair | Jacques Damiens | Unowned |
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Jean-Pierre Aumont | Cardinal de Rohan | Unowned |
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Jean-Louis Barrault | Fénelon | Unowned |
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Jeanne Boitel | Mrs. de Sévigné | Unowned |
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Gilbert Bokanowski | Louis XVI | Unowned |
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Bourvil | Museum guard | Unowned |
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Pauline Carton | Neighbor | Unowned |
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Gino Cervi | Cagliostro | Unowned |
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Jean Chevrier | Turenne | Unowned |
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Aimé Clariond | Rivarol | Unowned |
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Claudette Colbert | Mrs. de Montespan | Unowned |
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Nicole Courcel | Mrs. de Chalis | Unowned |
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Danièle Delorme | Louison Chabray | Unowned |
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Yves Deniaud | Peasant | Unowned |
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Jean Desailly | Marivaux | Unowned |
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Renée Devillers | Mrs. Campan | Unowned |
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Daniel Gélin | Jean Collinet | Unowned |
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Fernand Gravey | Molière | Unowned |
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Sacha Guitry | Louis XIV (older) | Unowned |
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Pierre Larquey | Museum guard | Unowned |
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Jean Marais | Louis XV | Unowned |
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Georges Marchal | Louis XIV young | Unowned |
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Lana Marconi | Marie-Antoinette / Nicole Legay | Unowned |
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Mary Marquet | Mrs. de Maintenon | Unowned |
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Gaby Morlay | Countess de la Motte | Unowned |
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Claude Nollier | Countess de Soissons | Unowned |
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Gisèle Pascal | Louise de La Vallière | Unowned |
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Jean-Claude Pascal | Axel De Fersen | Unowned |
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Gérard Philipe | D'Artagnan | Unowned |
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Édith Piaf | Woman of the people | Unowned |
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Micheline Presle | Mrs. de Pompadour | Unowned |
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Jean Richard | Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe | Unowned |
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Tino Rossi | Gondolier | Unowned |
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Louis Seigner | Lavoisier | Unowned |
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Raymond Souplex | Auctioneer | Unowned |
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Maurice Teynac | Mr. de Montespan | Unowned |
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Jean Tissier | Museum guard | Unowned |
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Charles Vanel | Mr. de Vergennes | Unowned |
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Orson Welles | Benjamin Franklin | Unowned |
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Louis Arbessier | Louis XIII | Unowned |
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Jacques Berthier | Robespierre | Unowned |
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Georges Chamarat | Boileau | Unowned |
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Annie Cordy | Mrs. Langlois | Unowned |
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Jean-Jacques Delbo | Monsieur de la Motte | Unowned |
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Albert Duvaleix | Buyer | Unowned |
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Samson Fainsilber | Mazarin | Unowned |
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Tania Fédor | Marie Lekzinska | Unowned |
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Jacques François | Duke de Saint-Simon | Unowned |
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Jeanne Fusier-Gir | Revolutionary | Unowned |
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Gilbert Gil | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Unowned |
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Marie Mansart | Mrs. de Kerlor | Unowned |
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Nicole Maurey | Miss de Fontanges | Unowned |
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Jacques Morel | Böhmer | Unowned |
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Jean Murat | Louvois | Unowned |
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Constant Rémy | La Reynie | Unowned |
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Germaine Rouer | Elmire | Unowned |
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Jacques Varennes | Colbert | Unowned |
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Howard Vernon | English buyer | Unowned |
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Martine Alexis | Mrs. de Nouchy | Unowned |
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Paul Azaïs | Revolutionary | Unowned |
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Jean-Louis Allibert | Le Vau | Unowned |
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Brigitte Bardot | Miss de Rosille | Unowned |
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Lily Baron | Mrs. de Balto | Unowned |
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Liliane Bert | Armande Béjart | Unowned |
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Roland Bourdin | Fragonard | Unowned |
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Jany Castel | Marie-Thérèse d'Espagne | Unowned |
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André Chanu | Duc de Noailles | Unowned |
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Anne Carrère | Mrs. de Chamarat | Unowned |
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Claudy Chapeland | Louis XIII as a child | Unowned |
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René Charles | Lord | Unowned |
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France Delahalle | Lady of the court | Unowned |
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Jacques Derives | Lord | Unowned |
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Bernard Dhéran | Beaumarchais | Unowned |
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Émile Drain | Napoléon Ier | Unowned |
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Alain Durtal | Bontemps | Unowned |
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Cécile Eddy | Mrs. de Frépons | Unowned |
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Robert Favart | Mr. de Carlène | Unowned |
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Jacques de Féraudy | Voltaire | Unowned |
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Roger Gaillard | D'Alembert | Unowned |
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Lucienne Granier | Mrs. de Senlis | Unowned |
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Robert Hommet | Count de Langeais | Unowned |
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Marcel Journet | Mr. de Beydz | Unowned |
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Pierre Lord | Mansart | Unowned |
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Jacques Mafioly | Mr. de Puiset | Unowned |
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Olivier Mathot | Boileau | Unowned |
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Gérard Moryn | Bossuet | Unowned |
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Lucien Nat | Montesquieu | Unowned |
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Gilles Quéant | Racine | Unowned |
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Fernand René | Citizen poet | Unowned |
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Gaston Rey | Henri IV | Unowned |
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Philippe Richard | Louis Philippe 1st | Unowned |
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Vanna Urbino | Medium | Unowned |
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René Worms | Bassenge | Unowned |
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Pierre Would | Vauban | Unowned |
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Jacqueline Maillan | Visitor (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frédéric Rossif | Un homme du peuple (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Guy Tréjan | Marc Rétaux de Villette (uncredited) | Unowned |