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Delusions of Grandeur

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Original title

La folie des grandeurs

Year

1971

Running time

102 min.

Country

France

Director

Gérard Oury

Screenwriter

Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson, Marcel Jullian, Sandro Continenza. Play: Victor Hugo

Cast

Music

Michel Polnareff

Cinematography

Henri Decaë

Producer

Co-production France-Spain-Italy-Germany;

Gaumont, Mars Films Produzione, Orion Filmproduktion, Coral Films

Genre

Comedy | 17th Century

Movie Groups

Victor Hugo Adaptations

Synopsis

Delusions of Grandeur is a period comedy/farce, set in 17th Century Spain and based (quite loosely) on Victor Hugo's play "Ruy Blas". Don Salluste (Louis de Funes) is a reprehensible Minister of Finance who is hated by both the people and the Queen. She develops a case against him and manages to have the King drive Salluste out of his royal court and exile him to the countryside. Determined to exact revenge, Salluste enlists his valet, Blaze (Yves Montand), to impersonate his nephew, Count Cesar to romance the Queen and create a scandal. Ironically, Blaze really does fall in love with the Queen and manages to get himself ensconced into the Royal Court, setting up what will inevitably be a reckoning in the future!

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Delusions of Grandeur

1971

Gérard Oury

6.0

(354)