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13 December 1971 (France)
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Licking Dog
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Poisoned Cake
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King
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Sometimes delirious, sometimes romantic, always delightful.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Louis de Funès | ... | Don Salluste de Bazan | |
| Yves Montand | ... | Blaze | |
| Alice Sapritch | ... | Dona Juana | |
| Karin Schubert | ... | La Reine / The Queen | |
| Alberto de Mendoza | ... | Le Roi / The King | |
| Don Jaime de Mora y Aragon | ... | Grand d'Espagne | |
| Eduardo Fajardo | ... | Grand d'Espagne | |
| Antonio Pica | ... | Grand d'Espagne | |
| Joaquín Solís | ... | Grand d'Espagne (as Joachim Solis) | |
| Venantino Venantini | ... | Del Basto | |
| Gabriele Tinti | ... | Don Cesar | |
| Paul Préboist | ... | Le muet | |
| Salvatore Borghese | ... | Le borgne (as Salvatore Borgese) | |
| Astrid Frank | |||
| Robert Le Béal | (as Robert Le Beal) |
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Also Known As:
Delirios de grandeza (Spain)
Delusions of Grandeur
Die dummen Streiche der Reichen (West Germany)
Don Louis der Größenwahnsinnige (West Germany)
Les sombres héros (France) (working title)
Mania di grandezza (Italy)
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Delusions of Grandeur
Die dummen Streiche der Reichen (West Germany)
Don Louis der Größenwahnsinnige (West Germany)
Les sombres héros (France) (working title)
Mania di grandezza (Italy)
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Argentina:108 min | USA:85 min | France:108 min | Spain:102 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Gérard Oury planned to give the role of Blas to Bourvil. But as Bourvil died in 1970, Yves Montand ultimately got it...
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Featured in Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003) (TV)
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This movie is a delightful parody of Victor Hugo's masterpiece 'Ruy Blas'. Alice Sapritch (the duegna to the Queen) is, as usual, magnificent. Louis de Funes and Yves Montand make a hilarious and exhilarating pair. Highly recommended.