Plot
A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
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Cast
Philippe Noiret
Philip of Orléans
Jean Rochefort
Abbot Dubois
Jean-Pierre Marielle
The Marquis de Pontcallec
Marina Vlady
The Marchioness of Parabère
Christine Pascal
Emilie
Alfred Adam
François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy
Jean-Roger Caussimon
The Cardinal
Gérard Desarthe
The Duke of Bourbon
Michel Beaune
Captain La Griolais
Monique Chaumette
Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec
François Dyrek
Montlouis
Jean-Paul Farré
Father Burdo
Nicole Garcia
'La Fillon'
Raymond Girard
Chirac
Jacques Hilling
Abbot Gratellard
Bernard Lajarrige
Amaury de Lambilly
Thierry Lhermitte
Count of Horn
Christian Clavier
The servant of the inn
Michel Blanc
Louis XV's valet
Monique Lejeune
Madame de Sabran
Brigitte Roüan
The prostitute
Georges Riquier
Brunet d'Ivry
Andrée Tainsy
Nun
Jean Amos
Police officer
Roland Amstutz
Regent's Coachman
Gilbert Bahon
Cabman
Bruno Balp
Valet Leblanc
Michel Berto
Abbot of Louis XV
Richard Bigotini
Neighbor of the inn
Stéphane Bouy
Nocé
Liza Braconnier
Louis XV's servant
Agnès Château
Peasant woman of the accident
Philippe Chauveau
Witness of the inn
Daniel Duval
Domestic
Yves Elliot
Breton peasant
Pierre Forget
The "Iroquois" Jesuit
Claude Furlan
Inn worker
Guy Gerbaud
Monk of the Nantes prison
Gilles Guillot
Deacon of the hospice
Maurice Jacquemont
Priest who initiates Dubois
Yvon Lec
Priest of the procession
Jacques Lelut
The first bandit
Bernadette Le Saché
Hélène de Lambilly
Eric Lorvoire
Count de Horn's accomplice
Bertrand Migeat
Thee second bandit
Pierre Moncorbier
Abbot Fleury
René Morard
Peddler
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Peasant
Jacqueline Parent
Severine, Regent's goddaughter
Gérard Pichon
Baker
Bernard Pierrot
Musician leader
Jean-Paul Poirer
The sleeper
Jacques Pratoussy
Lackey
Colette Proust
Clairvoyant
Patrick Raynal
Lackey
Jean Rougerie
Talhoüet
Marie-Jo Simenon
Novice
Anthony Stuart
Ambassador Stairs
Hélène Vincent
Madame de Saint-Simon
Jean-Luc Moreau
Flautist
Gérard Jugnot
Lackey opening a door (uncredited)
Marcel Dalio
Nobleman suffocating at the meal (uncredited)
Sophie Jarry
Little girl, future prostitute (uncredited)
