Top Cast
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Sacha Guitry
le narrateur et Louis XI
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Louis de Funès
Antoine Allègre
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Jean Marais
François Ier
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Robert Lamoureux
Latude
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Andrex
Paulus
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Renée Saint-Cyr
l’Impératrice Eugénie
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Françoise Arnoul
la duchesse de Bassano
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Danielle Darrieux
Agnès Sorel
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Sophie Desmarets
Rose Bertin
Overview
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.
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A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.
The French Revolution
1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, awaiting their trial. Far from the splendour of Versailles, they are isolated and vulnerable for the first time in their lives.
The Flood
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Diplomacy
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
The Battle of Austerlitz
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La Chinoise
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Chouans !
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Love and Death
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