Mr. Pelletan's rascal son Bébert son got another F for playing in class. His punishment is an essay on the Merovingian king Dagobert. All they know is he had eight wives and reunited Francia. The ignorant knave's irreverent imagination turns that into a harem and a ludicrous war without armies, loaded with anachronisms, in a race against rival king Charibert for the crown of Reims. The king's right hand, archbishop Eloi, the later patrons saint of carpentry, is portrayed as an inventor.
Genres:
Fernandel as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Gino Cervi as Saint Éloi
Darío Moreno as Charibert
Marthe Mercadier as Mme Pelletan / Gomatrude
Jean Tissier as Le grand connétable
Michel Galabru as Pépin
Pierre Doris as Césaric la Crapule
Georges Lycan as L'espion de grande taille
Henri Virlogeux as L'instituteur
Max Amyl as Le père supérieur
Alain Morat as Bébert / Sigisbert
Rivers Cadet as Un faux pélerin
André Tomasi as L'aide bourreau
Guy Henry as Un garde de Charibert
Pascale Roberts as Mata-Clotilde
Darry Cowl as Le maître- bourreau Richardic
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