Let Joy Reign Supreme

Mar 23, 1975

2h 0m

★ 6.4

Overview

A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

Genres

War

History

Drama

Production Companies

Fildebroc

Les Productions de la Guéville

Universal Pictures France

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Cast

Philip of Orléans

Philippe Noiret

Abbot Dubois

Jean Rochefort

The Marquis de Pontcallec

Jean-Pierre Marielle

The Marchioness of Parabère

Marina Vlady

Emilie

Christine Pascal

François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy

Alfred Adam

The Cardinal

Jean-Roger Caussimon

The Duke of Bourbon

Gérard Desarthe

Captain La Griolais

Michel Beaune

Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec

Monique Chaumette

Montlouis

François Dyrek

Father Burdo

Jean-Paul Farré

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