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Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953)
Directed by Sacha Guitry
“The history of the palace of Versailles from it's founding to the present.”
Drama, History, Comedy · 2h 47m
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 pursued in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date.
Cast
Sacha Guitry
Louis XIV (older)
Bourvil
Museum guard
Lana Marconi
Marie-Antoinette / Nicole Legay
Gaby Morlay
Countess de la Motte
Gérard Philipe
D'Artagnan
Jean Marais
Louis XV
Jean Desailly
Marivaux
Jean-Louis Barrault
Fénelon
Jeanne Boitel
Mrs. de Sévigné
Gilbert Bokanowski
Louis XVI
Michel Auclair
Jacques Damiens
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Cardinal de Rohan
Crew
- Director
- Sacha Guitry
- Writer
- Sacha Guitry
- Director of Photography
- Pierre Montazel
- Original Music Composer
- Jean Françaix
- Editor
- Raymond Lamy
- Producer
- Ignace Morgenstern, Sacha Guitry
Details
- Original title
- Si Versailles m'était conté
- Release date
- 1953-12-15
- Runtime
- 2h 47m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Cocinex