Versailles' Dirty Secrets

Julia Bracher
2016-04-11


10
52 min

The chateau of Versailles is believed to have been a dirty palace: a place where everyone tossed the contents of their chamber pots from the windows above… Yet during the chateau’s construction, Louis XIV had given thought to commodities, and several public latrines were built as well as a very modern water system. So where did this bad reputation come from?

Cast

Name Character Team
Mathieu Da Vinha Self Unowned
Georges Vigarello Self Unowned
Anne Forray-Carlier Self Unowned
Denis Bruna Self Unowned
Hélène Delalex Self Unowned
Évelyne Lever Self Unowned
Stéphanie Fatout Narrator (voice) Unowned