Ubu Roi (1965)
Based on Alfredy Jarrry's 1896 play about a selfish, greedy, overweight man named Pere Ubu. The story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland; Along the way he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree and eventually slaughters everyone. By his the equally crude but somehow more likable Mere Ubu.
- Date of release
- 1965-09-20
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy, TV Movie
- Director
- Jean-Christophe Averty
Casting
- Jean Bouise — Father Ubu
- Rosy Varte — Mother Ubu
- Hubert Deschamps — Captain Bordure
- Henri Virlogeux — King Venceslas
- Micha Bayard — Queen Rosemonde
- Johnny Monteilhet — Boleslas
- David Gafsou — Ladislas
- Didier Haudepin — Bougrelas
- Armand Meffre — General Lascy
- Bernard Musson — Stanislas Leczinski
- Jocelyn Canoen — Jean Sobieski
- Denis Palos — Nicole Renski
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