Royal Affairs in Versailles

Royal Affairs in Versailles

165 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | Feb. 10, 1954

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.

Royal Affairs in Versailles

165 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | Feb. 10, 1954

Royal Affairs in Versailles
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Cocinex
Original title Si Versailles m'était conté
Directors Sacha Guitry
Writers Sacha Guitry

Cast

Michel Auclair

as Jacques Damiens

Jean-Pierre Aumont

as Le cardinal de Rohan

Jean Marais

as Louis XV

Bourvil

as Un guide du musée de Versailles

Jacqueline Maillan

as une visiteuse

Gino Cervi

as Cagliostro

Jean-Louis Barrault

as Fénelon

Jeanne Boitel

as Madame de Sevigné

Gilbert Bokanowski

as Louis XVI

Jean Chevrier

as Turenne

Aimé Clariond

as Rivarol

Claudette Colbert

as Madame de Montespan

Nicole Courcel

as Madame de Chalis

Danièle Delorme

as Louison Chabray

Yves Deniaud

as Le paysan

Daniel Gélin

as Jean Collinet

Fernand Gravey

as Molière

Sacha Guitry

as Louis XIV (plus âgé)

Pierre Larquey

as un gardien de musée

Georges Marchal

as Louis XIV jeune

Édith Piaf

as la femme du peuple qui chante Ah ! ça ira

Lana Marconi

as Marie-Antoinette / Nicole Legay

Mary Marquet

as Madame de Maintenon

Gaby Morlay

as la Comtesse de la Motte

Gisèle Pascal

as Louise de La Vallière

Jean-Claude Pascal

as Axel De Fersen

Gérard Philipe

as d'Artagnan

Micheline Presle

as Madame de Pompadour

Jean Richard

as Du Croisy interprétant le rôle de Tartuffe

Tino Rossi

as Un Gondolier

Raymond Souplex

as Le commissaire-priseur

Jean Tissier

as Le guide du musée de Versailles

Charles Vanel

as M. de Vergennes

Orson Welles

as Benjamin Franklin

Pauline Carton

as La Voisin

Jean Desailly

as Marivaux

Gilbert Gil

as Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Marie Mansart

as Madame de Kerlor

Nicole Maurey

as Mademoiselle de Fontanges

Jean Murat

as Louvois

Jean-Jacques Delbo

as Monsieur de la Motte

Louis Seigner

as Lavoisier

Brigitte Bardot

as Mlle de Rosille

Jacques François

as le duc de Saint-Simon

Annie Cordy

as Mme Langlois

Bernard Dhéran

as Beaumarchais

Jacques Morel

as Böhmer

Guy Tréjan

as Marc Rétaux de Villette

Frédéric Rossif

as un homme du peuple

Gaston Rey

as le roi Henri IV

Martine Carol

as La duchesse de Bouillon

Anne Carrère

as Mme de Chamarat

Pierre Would

as Vauban (uncredited)