Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
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Two French peasants are mistaken for a pair of aristocratic nobles in this historical situation comedy. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland play the dual roles. Happy to be taken for nobles, the pair soon runs to escape the guillotine in the wake of the French Revolution's blood purge of the upper class and royalty. Hugh Griffith play Louis XVI, with Billie Whitelaw as the amorous Marie Antoinette. The pair are chased by the evil Duke d'Escargot (Victor Spinetti). Orson Welles appears at the beginning and the end of the film as the narrator. Wilder and Sutherland encounter a variety of comical situations in their dual roles of peasants and blue-blooded eccentrics. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, (more)
- Director(s):
- Bud Yorkin
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Start the Revolution Without Me
Two French peasants are mistaken for a pair of aristocratic nobles in this historical situation comedy. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland play the dual roles. Happy to be taken for nobles, the pair soon runs to escape the guillotine in the wake of the French Revolution's blood purge of the upper class and royalty. Hugh Griffith play Louis XVI, with Billie Whitelaw as the amorous Marie Antoinette. The pair are chased by the evil Duke d'Escargot (Victor Spinetti). Orson Welles appears at the beginning and the end of the film as the narrator. Wilder and Sutherland encounter a variety of comical situations in their dual roles of peasants and blue-blooded eccentrics. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 91 mins
Complete Cast of Start the Revolution Without Me
- Gene Wilder - Claude/Philippe
- Donald Sutherland - Pierre
- Billie Whitelaw - Marie Antoinette
- Ewa Aulin - Christina
- Denise Coffey - Anne Duval
- Helen Fraser - Mimi Montage
- Barry Lowe - Sergeant
- Jacques Maury - Lt. Sorel
- Ken Parry - Dr. Boileau
- Graham Stark - Andre Coupe
- Donald Sutherland - Charles
- Hugh Griffith - Louis XVI
- Victor Spinetti - Duke D'Escargot
- Orson Welles - Narrator
- Harry Fowler - Marcel
- Rosalind Knight - Helen DeSisi
- Jack MacGowran - Jacques Cabriolet
- Murray Melvin - Blind Man
- Maxwell Shaw - Duke DeSisi
- George A. Cooper - Dr. Duval
- Director(s):
- Bud Yorkin
- Writer(s):
- Lawrence J. Cohen, Larry Cohen, Fred Freeman
- Producer(s):
- Norman Lear, Bud Yorkin
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Not For Children, Adult Situations, Brief Nudity, Violence, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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