Directed by:
Gérard OuryCinematography:
Henri DecaëComposer:
Michel PolnareffCast:
Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert, Alberto de Mendoza, Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Eduardo Fajardo, Antonio Pica, Joaquín Solís (more)Plots(1)
Intended as a parody of Victor Hugo's tragic drama RUY BLAS, the story takes place in 17th-century Spain as a corrupt, money-grubbing tax collector, Don Salluste (Louis de Funes), hatches a plan for revenge after being fired and driven into exile by the Queen (Karin Schubert). Eager for her public humiliation, Salluste recruits his inept manservant, Blaze (Yves Montand), to pose as an aristocratic casanova and seduce the Queen--only to have the couple fall unexpectedly in love in a deliriously farcical turnaround. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Xan das Bolas
Spain
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
The Executioner (1963)
Caravana de esclavos (1958)
Frank Braña
Spain
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Fabián Conde
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Sonny & Jed (1972)
Amigo, Stay Away (1972)
Fernando Hilbeck
Spain
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
The Green Wall (1970)
Antonio Iranzo
Spain
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Freedomfighters (1996)
The Ugly Ones (1967)
Ricardo Palacios
Spain
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Jesús Tordesillas
Spain
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
The Horsemen (1971)
Roger Carel
France
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Asterix in Britain (1986)
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
Lita Recio
France
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Panic (1946)
Pierre Tornade
France
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Asterix in Britain (1986)
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)