Story :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.
Cast
Michel AuclairJacques Damiens
Jean-Pierre AumontCardinal de Rohan
Jean-Louis BarraultFénelon
Jeanne BoitelMrs. de Sévigné
Gilbert BokanowskiLouis XVI
BourvilMuseum guard
Pauline CartonNeighbor
Gino CerviCagliostro
Jean ChevrierTurenne
Aimé ClariondRivarol
Claudette ColbertMrs. de Montespan
Nicole CourcelMrs. de Chalis
Danièle DelormeLouison Chabray
Yves DeniaudPeasant
Jean DesaillyMarivaux
Renée DevillersMrs. Campan
Daniel GélinJean Collinet
Fernand GraveyMolière
Sacha GuitryLouis XIV (older)
Pierre LarqueyMuseum guard
Jean MaraisLouis XV
Georges MarchalLouis XIV young
Lana MarconiMarie-Antoinette / Nicole Legay
Mary MarquetMrs. de Maintenon
Gaby MorlayCountess de la Motte
Claude NollierCountess de Soissons
Gisèle PascalLouise de La Vallière
Jean-Claude PascalAxel De Fersen
Gérard PhilipeD'Artagnan
Édith PiafWoman of the people
Micheline PresleMrs. de Pompadour
Jean RichardDu Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe