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