Royal Affairs in Versailles
Appearance
Royal Affairs in Versailles | |
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Directed by | Sacha Guitry |
Written by | Sacha Guitry (scenario and dialogue) |
Produced by | Sacha Guitry Ignace Morgenstern Clément Duhour (executive producer) |
Starring | Claudette Colbert Sacha Guitry Orson Welles Jean-Pierre Aumont Edith Piaf |
Cinematography | Pierre Montazel |
Edited by | Raymond Lamy |
Music by | Jean Françaix |
Distributed by | Cocinor (France) Times Film Corporation (USA) Mondial (UK) |
Release dates | 9 March 1954 14 January 1955 21 March 1955 28 March 1955 8 March 1957 1960 |
Running time | France:165 min / UK:158 min / USA:152 min |
Country | Italy[1]/ France |
Language | French |
Royal Affairs in Versailles (Si Versailles m'était conté) is a 1954 film directed by Sacha Guitry, and starring Claudette Colbert, Sacha Guitry, Orson Welles, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Edith Piaf.
The film is best known by its English title Royal Affairs in Versailles.[2] It is also notable for the presence of a great number of well-known French actors, often appearing in short cameos. One unknown actor playing a major character is Gilbert Bokanowski (credited as Gilbert Boka) portraying Louis XVI. Bokanowski was actually the film's production manager and was cast because of his strong resemblance to the monarch.
Plot
Historical human stories in connection with the Royal Palace, the Chateau of Versailles.
Cast
- Claudette Colbert as Madame de Montespan
- Sacha Guitry as old Louis XIV
- Georges Marchal as young Louis XIV
- Orson Welles as Benjamin Franklin
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Cardinal de Rohan
- Edith Piaf as Woman of the People
- Gerard Philipe as D'Artagnan
- Micheline Presle as Madame de Pompadour
- Jean Marais as Louis XV
- Gilbert Bokanowski as Louis XVI
- Lana Marconi as Marie-Antoinette
- Daniel Gelin as Jean Collinet
- Daniele Delorme as Louison Chabray
- Gino Cervi as Cagliostro
- Fernand Gravey as Molière
- Bourvil as museum guide
- Brigitte Bardot as Young noblewoman
References
- ^ "IMDb". Retrieved 2007-11-27.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "allmovie". Retrieved 2007-11-27.