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Directed by:
Sacha GuitryScreenplay:
Sacha GuitryCinematography:
Philippe AgostiniComposer:
Jean FrançaixCast:
Françoise Arnoul, Jeanne Boitel, Sophie Desmarets, Sacha Guitry, Odette Joyeux, Robert Lamoureux, Jean Marais, Michèle Morgan, Giselle Pascal, Gérard Philipe (more)Plots(1)
Producer/director Sacha Guitry's contribution to the 1956 film season was the free-flowing historical pageant Si Paris Nous Etait Conte. Guitry himself appears as the ghost of King Louis XI, who relates the story of Paris to a group of fascinated modern-day students. As usual, Guitry manages to "humanize" history by depicting the great men and women of France in amusing warts-and-all fashion. Symbolizing the indomitable spirit of Paris is Robert Lamoureaux as Latude, a prisoner of the Bastille who repeatedly tries to escape, and just as repeatedly is captured and thrown back in jail. A note of pathos is provided by Jacques de Feraudy as the dying Voltaire. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Pierre Massimi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279720_c58f29.jpg)
Pierre Massimi
France
Best movies:
The Cop (1970)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
Die Lederstrumpferzählungen - Das Fort am Biberfluß (1969) (TV movie)
![Simone Renant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440811_f45a7e.jpg)
Simone Renant
France
Best movies:
Dear Inspector (1978)
Three Murderesses (1959)
Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959)
![Danielle Darrieux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/822/160822419_90fe42.png)
Danielle Darrieux
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Marie-October (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
![Bernard Dhéran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/486/486104_d536f9.jpg)
Bernard Dhéran
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The Silent One (1973)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
Alice Tissot
France
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
![Jacques Marin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279670_fc294a.jpg)
Jacques Marin
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Les Misérables (1958)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
![Irène Tunc](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434697_2cff97.jpg)
Irène Tunc
France
Best movies:
The Last Adventure (1967)
Live for Life (1967)
Two English Girls (1971)
![Edmond Beauchamp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280434_23b229.jpg)
Edmond Beauchamp
France
Best movies:
The Hunchback of Paris (1959)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
![Alice Sapritch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/340/340744_7b4028.jpg)
Alice Sapritch
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
![Pierre Larquey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505290_30aaca.jpg)
Pierre Larquey
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Diabolique (1955)
Madeleine Rousset
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Daybreak (1939)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Marguerite Jamois
France
Best movies:
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
![Roland Lesaffre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353627_06d834.jpg)
Roland Lesaffre
France
Best movies:
Law Breakers (1971)
Golden Marie (1952)
Crime and Punishment (1956)
![Jacques Dumesnil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087394_f6816e.jpg)
Jacques Dumesnil
France
Best movies:
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Life Together (1958)
![Paul Guers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431706_c00584.jpg)
Paul Guers
France
Best movies:
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
Marie-October (1959)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
![André Roanne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431707_12a46f.jpg)
André Roanne
France
Best movies:
The Sleepwalker (1951)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
![Julien Carette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437175_ab2b96.jpg)
Julien Carette
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Twelve Hours to Live (1950)
![Gilbert Gil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437198_d6e7da.jpg)
Gilbert Gil
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
![Clément Duhour](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440766_e6481e.jpg)
Clément Duhour
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Napoleon (1955)
![Pierre Vaneck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456167_c19222.jpg)
Pierre Vaneck
Best movies:
East Wind (1993)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
The Science of Sleep (2006)