Si Versailles m'était conté

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

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