La folie des grandeurs

Dec 13 1971 PG 1h 48m
Adventure, Comedy, History

Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.

Plot

Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, falls from grace. Wanting revenge, he tries to compromize the Queen with his valet Blaze, introduced as his cousin. But poor Blaze gets stuck with a rather repulsive duenna, who is madly in love with him and very keen on getting her way. This wild comedy takes off at a dashing pace set by the De Funes, Montand and Sapritch trio.

Written by

Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson, Marcel Jullian

Directed by

Gérard Oury

Cast

Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy, Germany, France, Spain

Production Companies

Gaumont, Mars Film, Coral Films, Orion Filmproduktion

Languages

Italiano, Français

Awards

N/A

Trailers
La folie des grandeurs/Delusions of Grandeur (1971) Trailer U.S.
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