Versailles - kings and women

Movie
German title	Versailles - kings and women
Original title	Si Versailles m'était conté
Country of production	France , Italy
original language	English
Publishing year	1954
length	138 ; TV version: 160 minutes
Rod
Director	Sacha Guitry
script	Sacha Guitry
production	Clément Duhour; Sacha Guitry ; Ignace Morgenstern
music	Jean Françaix
camera	Pierre Montazel
cut	Raymond Lamy
occupation
	Michel Auclair : Jacques Damiens ; Jean-Pierre Aumont : Cardinal of Rohan ; Jean-Louis Barrault : Fénelon ; Jeanne Boitel : Madame de Sévigné ; Bourvil : Museum Guide in Versailles ; Gino Cervi : Cagliostro ; Claudette Colbert : Madame de Montespan ; Daniel Gélin : Jean Collinet ; Fernand Gravey : Molière ; Sacha Guitry : Louis XIV ; Jean Marais : Louis XV ; Georges Marchal : Louis XIV young ; Lana Marconi : Marie Antoinette ; Mary Marquet : Madame de Maintenon ; Gisèle Pascal : Louise de La Vallière ; Édith Piaf : Girls from the people; Gérard Philipe : D'Artagnan ; Micheline Presle : Madame de Pompadour ; Charles Vanel : Monsieur de Vergennes ; Orson Welles : Benjamin Franklin ; Pauline Carton : La Voisin ; Claude Nollier : Madame de Soisson (uncredited);

Versailles - Kings and Women is a film epic by Sacha Guitry from 1954. The alternative title of the complete, new dubbed version is If Versailles could tell .

action

Sacha Guitry's historical film depicts - starting with the Palace of Versailles - the history of France and its famous love affairs from the perspective of the museum attendant.

backgrounds

Brigitte Bardot , not mentioned in the credits , appears in the film as Mademoiselle de Rozille.

criticism

"Despite a large number of historical personalities, gallant optical arrangements, well-known actors and a few ironic swipes, the entertaining spectacle does not have a solid base and is sometimes too lengthy."

- Lexicon of International Films

Web links

Versailles - kings and women in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

[1] Versailles - Kings and Women . Film service , accessed June 23, 2019 .

[2] Versailles - Kings and Women. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .