Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.
Cast
Gene Wilder
Claude / Philippe
Donald Sutherland
Charles / Pierre
Hugh Griffith
King Louis
Jack MacGowran
Jacques
Billie Whitelaw
Queen Marie
Victor Spinetti
Duke d'Escargot
Ewa Aulin
Christina
Helen Fraser
Mimi
Rosalind Knight
Helene de Sisi
Harry Fowler
Marcel
Murray Melvin
Blind Man
Ken Parry
Dr. Boileau
Orson Welles
The Narrator
Maxwell Shaw
Duke de Sisi
Jacques Maury
Lt. Sorel
Graham Stark
Andre Coupe
Barry Lowe
The Sergeant
George A. Cooper
Dr. Duval
Michael Rothwell
Paul Duval
Denise Coffey
Anne Duval
Crew
Bud Yorkin
Director, Producer
Fred Freeman
Writer
Lawrence J. Cohen
Writer
Ferris Webster
Editor
Jean Tournier
Director of Photography
Georges Grodzenczyk
Assistant Director
Norman Lear
Executive Producer
Edward Stephenson
Associate Producer
Alan Barrett
Costume Design
Julien Coutelier
Sound
John Addison
Original Music Composer
Gabriel Béchir
Set Decoration
Roger Debelmas
Unit Manager
François de Lamothe
Art Direction
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