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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.
Keywords
french revolution
twins
the comedy of errors
Casts

Gene Wilder
Claude / Philippe

Donald Sutherland
Charles / Pierre

Hugh Griffith
King Louis

Jack MacGowran
Jacques

Billie Whitelaw
Queen Marie

Victor Spinetti
Duke d'Escargot

Ewa Aulin
Christina

Helen Fraser
Mimi

Rosalind Knight
Helene de Sisi

Harry Fowler
Marcel

Murray Melvin
Blind Man
Ken Parry
Dr. Boileau

Orson Welles
The Narrator
Maxwell Shaw
Duke de Sisi

Jacques Maury
Lt. Sorel

Graham Stark
Andre Coupe
Barry Lowe
The Sergeant

George A. Cooper
Dr. Duval
Michael Rothwell
Paul Duval

Denise Coffey
Anne Duval
Crews

Bud Yorkin
Director
Fred Freeman
Writer
Lawrence J. Cohen
Writer

Norman Lear
Executive Producer
Edward Stephenson
Associate Producer

Bud Yorkin
Producer

John Addison
Original Music Composer
Jean Tournier
Director of Photography
Ferris Webster
Editor

François de Lamothe
Art Direction
Gabriel Béchir
Set Decoration
Alan Barrett
Costume Design
Roger Debelmas
Unit Manager
Georges Grodzenczyk
Assistant Director
Julien Coutelier
Sound
Backdrops & Posters

