Royal Affairs in Versailles

Royal Affairs in Versailles
Royal Affairs in Versailles
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sacha Guitry
Written by	Sacha Guitry (scenario & dialogue)
Produced by	Sacha Guitry; Ignace Morgenstern; Clément Duhour (executive producer)
Cinematography	Pierre Montazel
Edited by
Music by	Jean Françaix
Production; company	Cocinor
Distributed by	Cocinor (France); (USA); (UK)
Release date	9 March 1954 (France); 8 March 1957 (U.S.); 1960 (UK);
Running time	165 minutes
Countries	France ; Italy
Language	French
Box office	6,986,788 admissions (France)

Royal Affairs in Versailles (French title: Si Versailles m'était conté) 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",^[4] 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).^[5]

The film is notable for the presence of a great number of well-known French actors, often appearing in short parts. One unknown actor playing a major character is Gilbert Bokanowski (credited as Gilbert Boka) portraying Louis XVI. Bokanowski was actually the film's production manager and was cast because of his strong resemblance to the monarch.

Its English translation title is If Versailles Were Told to Me. Despite French production, the film is best known by its English title Royal Affairs in Versailles.^[6]

Plot[]

Historical human stories in connection with the Royal Palace, the Chateau of Versailles.

Cast[]

Michel Auclair as Jacques Damiens
Jean-Pierre Aumont as Cardinal de Rohan
Jean-Louis Barrault as François Fénelon
Jeanne Boitel as Madame de Sevigné
Annie Cordy as Madame Langlois
Gilbert Bokanowski as Louis XVI
Bourvil as museum guide
Gino Cervi as Cagliostro
Jean Chevrier as Turenne
Aimé Clariond as Rivarol
Claudette Colbert as Madame de Montespan
Nicole Courcel as Madame de Chalis
Danièle Delorme as Louison Chabray
Yves Deniaud as Le paysan
Daniel Gélin as
Fernand Gravey as Molière
Sacha Guitry as old Louis XIV
Pierre Larquey as Un guide du musée de Versailles
Jean Marais as Louis XV
Georges Marchal as young Louis XIV
Lana Marconi as Marie-Antoinette
Mary Marquet as Madame de Maintenon
Gaby Morlay as Madame de la Motte
Giselle Pascal as Louise de la Vallière
Jean-Claude Pascal as Axel de Fersen
Édith Piaf as Woman of the People
Gérard Philipe as D'Artagnan
Micheline Presle as Madame de Pompadour
Jean Richard as Du Croisy/Tartuffe
Tino Rossi as Le gondolier
Raymond Souplex as Le commissaire-priseur
Jean Tissier as Le guide du musée de Versailles
Charles Vanel as Monsieur de Vergennes
Orson Welles as Benjamin Franklin
Pauline Carton as La Voisin
Jean Desailly as Marivaux
Gilbert Gil as Jean-Jacques Rousseau
as Madame de Kerlor
Nicole Maurey as Mademoiselle de Fontanges
Jean Murat as Louvois
Jean-Jacques Delbo as Monsieur de la Motte
Louis Seigner as Lavoisier
Brigitte Bardot as Mademoiselle de la Rosille

References[]

^ "Company Credits". imdb. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
^ "Si Versailles m'était conté (1954)". jpbox-office.com.
^ Lanzoni, R. (30 October 2014). French Comedy on Screen: A Cinematic History. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-137-10019-1.
^ Royal Affairs in Versailles at IMDb
^ Erickson, Hal. "Royal Affairs in Versailles". allmovie. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

External links[]

Royal Affairs in Versailles at IMDb
Royal Affairs in Versailles at the TCM Movie Database
Royal Affairs in Versailles at AllMovie
Royal Affairs in Versailles at Films de France

[1] "Company Credits". imdb. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

[marais-2] "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.

[3] "Si Versailles m'était conté (1954)". jpbox-office.com.

[Lanzoni2014-4] Lanzoni, R. (30 October 2014). French Comedy on Screen: A Cinematic History. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-137-10019-1.

[5] Royal Affairs in Versailles at IMDb

[6] Erickson, Hal. "Royal Affairs in Versailles". allmovie. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

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Plays and films
Stage works	Le Scandale de Monte-Carlo L'amour masqué Mozart N'écoutez pas, mesdames !
Films directed	Good Luck (1935) Pasteur (1935) Confessions of a Cheat (1936) My Father Was Right (1936) The New Testament (1936) Désiré (1937) The Pearls of the Crown (1937) Quadrille (1938) Nine Bachelors (1939) Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (1942) The Lame Devil (1948) The Treasure of Cantenac (1950) La Poison (1951) Je l'ai été trois fois (1952) The Virtuous Scoundrel (1953) Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954) Napoléon (1955) If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Screenplays	Life Together (1958)

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