Comedy ·History · France · 1971 · 1h 48m

Delusions of Grandeur

La Folie des grandeurs

Delusions of Grandeur poster
Director
Gérard Oury
Cast
Louis de Funès as Don Salluste de Bazan Yves Montand as Blaze, Don Sallust's valet Alice Sapritch as Dona Juana, first lady of the queen Karin Schubert as Queen of Spain Alberto de Mendoza as King of Spain Jaime de Mora y Aragón as Marquis of Priego
Crew
Henri Decaë — Director of Photography Albert Jurgenson — Editor Michel Polnareff — Original Music Composer Danièle Thompson — Writer Gérard Oury — Writer Marcel Jullian — Writer
Synopsis

Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.

Trailer Delusions of Grandeur — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
spainbased on novel or bookqueengiftmordroyaltylordconspiracymisunderstandingdisguisevaletillegitimate childinterclass romance
Key Collaborators
Gérard Oury Director Henri Decaë Director of Photography Albert Jurgenson Editor Michel Polnareff Original Music Composer Danièle Thompson Writer Gérard Oury Writer Marcel Jullian Writer Georges Wakhévitch Production Design Marie Gromtseff Costume Design Humberto Cornejo Costume Design Jacques Fonteray Costume Design
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