Start the Revolution Without Me

"Gene Wilder... wilder than ever!"

Aug 14 1970 PG 1h 30m
Comedy, History

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.

Plot

An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty and aristocratic, the other poor and somewhat dim. They find themselves involved in palace intrigues as history happens around them. Based, very loosely, on Dickens's _A Tale of Two Cities_, Dumas's _The Corsican Brothers_, etc.

Written by

Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen

Directed by

Bud Yorkin

Cast

Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

NorBud Productions, Norbud Films, Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Start the Revolution Without Me (Original Theatrical Trailer)
Scores
# of Votes
3,306
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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