France,
1956, 130 min
Directed by:
Sacha GuitryScreenplay:
Sacha GuitryCinematography:
Philippe AgostiniComposer:
Jean FrançaixCast:
Françoise Arnoul, Jeanne Boitel, Sophie Desmarets, Sacha Guitry, Odette Joyeux, Robert Lamoureux, Jean Marais, Michèle Morgan, Giselle Pascal, Gérard Philipe (more)Plots(1)
Producer/director Sacha Guitry's contribution to the 1956 film season was the free-flowing historical pageant Si Paris Nous Etait Conte. Guitry himself appears as the ghost of King Louis XI, who relates the story of Paris to a group of fascinated modern-day students. As usual, Guitry manages to "humanize" history by depicting the great men and women of France in amusing warts-and-all fashion. Symbolizing the indomitable spirit of Paris is Robert Lamoureaux as Latude, a prisoner of the Bastille who repeatedly tries to escape, and just as repeatedly is captured and thrown back in jail. A note of pathos is provided by Jacques de Feraudy as the dying Voltaire. (official distributor synopsis)
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