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.
Directed by Bud Yorkin
french revolution
twins
comedy of errors
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3.2 / 5
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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
Orson Welles
The Narrator
Crew
Bud Yorkin
Director
John Addison
Original Music Composer
Norman Lear
Executive Producer
Bud Yorkin
Producer
François de Lamothe
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
10 reviews
Lorah Compton
7.0★ · 02/20/26
Giggled when they abruptly threw Orson Welles into the lake
Giggled when they abruptly threw Orson Welles into the lake
elizabeth
10.0★ · 01/27/26
and i shall be queen!
oh my god i'm in love
nobody beats gene wilder at being angry
i have a love hate relationship with miscommunication troupes but this...this is the epitome of what it can be
it had me laughing so loud plus the ending is amazing
gene wilder and donald sutherland the world is greater because you made beautiful things
and i shall be queen!
oh my god i'm in love
nobody beats gene wilder at being angry
i have a love hate relationship with miscommunication troupes but this...this is the epitome of what it can be
it had me laughing so loud plus the ending is amazing
gene wilder and donald sutherland the world is greater because you made beautiful things
