A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
Bertrand Tavernier
Director
Pierre-William Glenn
Philippe Noiret
Philip of Orléans
Jean Rochefort
Abbot Dubois
Jean-Pierre Marielle
The Marquis de Pontcallec
Marina Vlady
The Marchioness of Parabère
Christine Pascal
Emilie
Alfred Adam
François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy
Jean-Roger Caussimon
The Cardinal
Gérard Desarthe
The Duke of Bourbon
Michel Beaune
Captain La Griolais
Monique Chaumette
Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec
François Dyrek
Montlouis
Jean-Paul Farré
Father Burdo
Nicole Garcia
'La Fillon'
Raymond Girard
Chirac
Jacques Hilling
Abbot Gratellard
Bernard Lajarrige
Amaury de Lambilly
Thierry Lhermitte
Count of Horn
Christian Clavier
The servant of the inn
Michel Blanc
Louis XV's valet
Monique Lejeune
Madame de Sabran
