Si Versailles m'était conté

Claude Nollier as Countess de Soissons Gisèle Pascal as Louise de La Vallière Orson Welles as Benjamin Franklin Samson Fainsilber as Mazarin Gino Cervi as Cagliostro Georges Marchal as Louis XIV young Mary Marquet as Mrs. de Maintenon Raymond Souplex as Auctioneer Gilbert Bokanowski as Louis XVI Jean Marais as Louis XV Jacques François as Duke de Saint-Simon Paul Azaïs as Revolutionary France Delahalle as Lady of the court Jacques de Féraudy as Voltaire Lucien Nat as Montesquieu Jean-Pierre Aumont as Cardinal de Rohan Jean Chevrier as Turenne Renée Devillers as Mrs. Campan Fernand Gravey as Molière Gaby Morlay as Countess de la Motte Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Revolutionary Martine Alexis as Mrs. de Nouchy Jean Desailly as Marivaux Louis Arbessier as Louis XIII Georges Chamarat as Boileau Jacques Morel as Böhmer Danièle Delorme as Louison Chabray Jean-Claude Pascal as Axel De Fersen Annie Cordy as Mrs. Langlois Brigitte Bardot as Miss de Rosille Bernard Dhéran as Beaumarchais Marcel Journet as Mr. de Beydz Daniel Gélin as Jean Collinet Pierre Larquey as Museum guard Lana Marconi as Marie-Antoinette / Nicole Legay Gérard Philipe as D'Artagnan Albert Duvaleix as Buyer Olivier Mathot as Boileau Tania Fédor as Marie Lekzinska Jean Murat as Louvois Constant Rémy as La Reynie Lily Baron as Mrs. de Balto Lucienne Granier as Mrs. de Senlis Robert Hommet as Count de Langeais Jean Tissier as Museum guard Jacques Berthier as Robespierre Liliane Bert as Armande Béjart André Chanu as Duc de Noailles Émile Drain as Napoléon Ier Jeanne Boitel as Mrs. de Sévigné Micheline Presle as Mrs. de Pompadour Jean Richard as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe Jacques Varennes as Colbert Pauline Carton as Neighbor Nicole Courcel as Mrs. de Chalis Maurice Teynac as Mr. de Montespan Gilbert Gil as Jean-Jacques Rousseau Nicole Maurey as Miss de Fontanges Howard Vernon as English buyer Jean-Louis Allibert as Le Vau Robert Favart as Mr. de Carlène Michel Auclair as Jacques Damiens Jean-Louis Barrault as Fénelon Bourvil as Museum guard Marie Mansart as Mrs. de Kerlor Roger Gaillard as D'Alembert Tino Rossi as Gondolier Charles Vanel as Mr. de Vergennes Gaston Rey as Henri IV Philippe Richard as Louis Philippe 1st Jacqueline Maillan as Visitor (uncredited) Guy Tréjan as Marc Rétaux de Villette (uncredited) Édith Piaf as Woman of the people Louis Seigner as Lavoisier Anne Carrère as Mrs. de Chamarat Fernand René as Citizen poet Yves Deniaud as Peasant Jean-Jacques Delbo as Monsieur de la Motte Frédéric Rossif as Un homme du peuple (uncredited) Germaine Rouer as Elmire Vanna Urbino as Medium Aimé Clariond as Rivarol Claudette Colbert as Mrs. de Montespan Sacha Guitry as Louis XIV (older)

Clément Duhour Executive Producer Maggy Rouff Costume Design Sacha Guitry Director, Writer, Producer