Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953)
Si Versailles m'était conté
The history of the palace of Versailles from it's founding to the present.
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 pursued in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date.
- Date of release
- 1953-12-15
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 2h 47m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Comedy
- Director
- Sacha Guitry
Casting
- Sacha Guitry — Louis XIV (older)
- Bourvil — Museum guard
- Lana Marconi — Marie-Antoinette / Nicole Legay
- Gaby Morlay — Countess de la Motte
- Gérard Philipe — D'Artagnan
- Jean Marais — Louis XV
- Jean Desailly — Marivaux
- Jean-Louis Barrault — Fénelon
- Jeanne Boitel — Mrs. de Sévigné
- Gilbert Bokanowski — Louis XVI
- Michel Auclair — Jacques Damiens
- Jean-Pierre Aumont — Cardinal de Rohan
Interesting facts
Royal Affairs in Versailles is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama directed by Sacha Guitry. Described as "a historical film showing Versailles from its beginnings to the present day", it tells some episodes through portrayal of the personalities who lived in the Palace of Versailles. Its sister films are Napoléon (1955) and If Paris Were Told to Us (1956).
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