Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- La Folie des grandeurs
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- fr
Where to watch free (US)
Kanopy
Cast
Louis de Funès
Don Salluste de Bazan
Yves Montand
Blaze, Don Sallust's valet
Alice Sapritch
Dona Juana, first lady of the queen
Karin Schubert
Queen of Spain
Alberto de Mendoza
King of Spain
Jaime de Mora y Aragón
Marquis of Priego
Eduardo Fajardo
Cortega
Antonio Pica
Duke of Los Montes
Joaquín Solís
Duke of Sandoval
Venantino Venantini
Marquis del Basto
Gabriele Tinti
Don César, nephew of Don Sallust
Paul Préboist
The mute
Sal Borgese
One-eyed man
Astrid Frank
Lady of the Infant of Spain
Robert Le Béal
Chamberlain
Clément Michu
Stuttering valet of Don Salluste
La Polaca
Dancer
Leopoldo Trieste
Giuseppe, Italian inventor of the Bomba
Ricardo Palacios
Cook (uncredited)
Frédéric Norbert
Valet (uncredited)
Production Companies
Gaumont
Mars FilmCoral Films
Orion Filmproduktion
