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Sacha Guitry as Louis XIV (older) |
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Bourvil as Museum guard |
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Lana Marconi as Marie-Antoinette / Nicole Legay |
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Gaby Morlay as Countess de la Motte |
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Gérard Philipe as D'Artagnan |
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Jean Marais as Louis XV |
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Jean Desailly as Marivaux |
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Jean-Louis Barrault as Fénelon |
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Jeanne Boitel as Mrs. de Sévigné |
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Gilbert Bokanowski as Louis XVI |
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Michel Auclair as Jacques Damiens |
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Jean-Pierre Aumont as Cardinal de Rohan |
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Pauline Carton as Neighbor |
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Gino Cervi as Cagliostro |
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Jean Chevrier as Turenne |
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Georges Marchal as Louis XIV young |
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Aimé Clariond as Rivarol |
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Claudette Colbert as Mrs. de Montespan |
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Nicole Courcel as Mrs. de Chalis |
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Danièle Delorme as Louison Chabray |
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Yves Deniaud as Peasant |
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Renée Devillers as Mrs. Campan |
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Daniel Gélin as Jean Collinet |
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Fernand Gravey as Molière |
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Pierre Larquey as Museum guard |
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Mary Marquet as Mrs. de Maintenon |
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Claude Nollier as Countess de Soissons |
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Gisèle Pascal as Louise de La Vallière |
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Jean-Claude Pascal as Axel De Fersen |
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Édith Piaf as Woman of the people |
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Micheline Presle as Mrs. de Pompadour |
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Jean Richard as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe |
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Tino Rossi as Gondolier |
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Louis Seigner as Lavoisier |
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Raymond Souplex as Auctioneer |
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Maurice Teynac as Mr. de Montespan |
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Jean Tissier as Museum guard |
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Charles Vanel as Mr. de Vergennes |
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Orson Welles as Benjamin Franklin |
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Louis Arbessier as Louis XIII |
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Jacques Berthier as Robespierre |
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Georges Chamarat as Boileau |
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Annie Cordy as Mrs. Langlois |
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Jean-Jacques Delbo as Monsieur de la Motte |
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Albert Duvaleix as Buyer |
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Samson Fainsilber as Mazarin |
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Tania Fédor as Marie Lekzinska |
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Jacques François as Duke de Saint-Simon |
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Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Revolutionary |
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Gilbert Gil as Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
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Marie Mansart as Mrs. de Kerlor |
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Nicole Maurey as Miss de Fontanges |
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Jacques Morel as Böhmer |
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Jean Murat as Louvois |
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Constant Rémy as La Reynie |
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Germaine Rouer as Elmire |
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Jacques Varennes as Colbert |
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Howard Vernon as English buyer |
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Martine Alexis as Mrs. de Nouchy |
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Paul Azaïs as Revolutionary |
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Jean-Louis Allibert as Le Vau |
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Brigitte Bardot as Miss de Rosille |
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Lily Baron as Mrs. de Balto |
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Liliane Bert as Armande Béjart |
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Roland Bourdin as Fragonard |
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Jany Castel as Marie-Thérèse d'Espagne |
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André Chanu as Duc de Noailles |
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Anne Carrère as Mrs. de Chamarat |
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Claudy Chapeland as Louis XIII as a child |
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René Charles as Lord |
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France Delahalle as Lady of the court |
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Jacques Derives as Lord |
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Bernard Dhéran as Beaumarchais |
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Émile Drain as Napoléon Ier |
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Alain Durtal as Bontemps |
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Cécile Eddy as Mrs. de Frépons |
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Robert Favart as Mr. de Carlène |
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Jacques de Féraudy as Voltaire |
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Roger Gaillard as D'Alembert |
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Lucienne Granier as Mrs. de Senlis |
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Robert Hommet as Count de Langeais |
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Marcel Journet as Mr. de Beydz |
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Pierre Lord as Mansart |
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Jacques Mafioly as Mr. de Puiset |
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Olivier Mathot as Boileau |
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Gérard Moryn as Bossuet |
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Lucien Nat as Montesquieu |
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Gilles Quéant as Racine |
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Fernand René as Citizen poet |
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Gaston Rey as Henri IV |
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Philippe Richard as Louis Philippe 1st |
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Vanna Urbino as Medium |
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René Worms as Bassenge |
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Pierre Would as Vauban |
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Jacqueline Maillan as Visitor (uncredited) |
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Frédéric Rossif as Un homme du peuple (uncredited) |
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Guy Tréjan as Marc Rétaux de Villette (uncredited) |
| Directing | Sacha Guitry | Director |
| Writing | Sacha Guitry | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maggy Rouff | Costume Design |
| Camera | Louis Née | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Raymond Mairesse | Camera Operator |
| Art | René Renoux | Production Design |
| Sound | Joseph de Bretagne | Sound Engineer |
| Directing | François Gir | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Gérard Renateau | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Francine Corteggiani | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Marc Lanjean | Music Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcel Rey | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alex Archambault | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | André Chabrol | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Roger Bar | Set Dresser |
| Production | Clément Duhour | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ignace Morgenstern | Producer |
| Production | Sacha Guitry | Producer |
| Editing | Raymond Lamy | Editor |
| Camera | Pierre Montazel | Director of Photography |
| Art | Raymond Gabutti | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jean Françaix | Original Music Composer |
