Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953)
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.
- Released
- 1953-12-15
- Genres
- Drama, History, Comedy
- Runtime
- 167 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sacha Guitry
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 32 votes
Cast
- Sacha Guitry as Louis XIV (older)
- Bourvil as Museum guard
- Lana Marconi as Marie-Antoinette / Nicole Legay
- Gaby Morlay as Countess de la Motte
- Gérard Philipe as D'Artagnan
- Jean Marais as Louis XV
- Jean Desailly as Marivaux
- Jean-Louis Barrault as Fénelon
- Jeanne Boitel as Mrs. de Sévigné
- Gilbert Bokanowski as Louis XVI
- Michel Auclair as Jacques Damiens
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Cardinal de Rohan