Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Michel Auclair
as Jacques Damiens
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as Cardinal de Rohan
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Fénelon
Jeanne Boitel
as Mrs. de Sévigné
Gilbert Bokanowski
as Louis XVI
Bourvil
as Museum guard
Pauline Carton
as Neighbor
Gino Cervi
as Cagliostro
Jean Chevrier
as Turenne
Aimé Clariond
as Rivarol
Claudette Colbert
as Mrs. de Montespan
Nicole Courcel
as Mrs. de Chalis
