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Royal Affairs in Versailles (French title: Si Versailles m'était conté) is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama directed by Sacha Guitry. Described as "a historical film showing Versailles from its beginnings to the present day", it tells some episodes through portrayal of the personalities who lived in the Palace of Versailles.
Royal Affairs in Versailles: Directed by Sacha Guitry. With Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jeanne Boitel. The history of the palace of Versailles from its founding to the present.
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- Comedy, Drama, History
- Sacha Guitry
- 1957-03-08
Royal Affairs in Versailles 1953. This film, whose French title is Si Versailles m’était conté, retraces the history of the Palace of Versailles from its origins until the French Revolution. It was produced in the aftermath of WWII, from which France was struggling to recover.
Here, in April 1957, President René Coty received the young queen of England, Elizabeth II, on her first official visit to France. The sovereign was welcomed to Versailles by the Prefect and Head Curator of the Palace, Gérald Van der Kemp, and visited the State Apartments before attending lunch in the Hall of Mirrors.
May 12, 2022 · I’ve wanted to watch 1954’s Royal Affairs in Versailles (Si Versailles M’était Conté) for years because it features so many key figures from French history. But it’s been impossible to find with subtitles (in English or French)!
Sweeping tale, drawn lossely from historical facts, that traces the history of the Royal Palace of Versailles and its famous denizens from its construction to its downfall at the hands of the people during Bastille day.
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.
