

The history of the palace of Versailles from it's founding to the present.
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 pursued in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date.
Sacha Guitry
Marivaux

Jean-Louis Barrault
Fénelon

Jeanne Boitel
Mrs. de Sévigné

Gilbert Bokanowski
Louis XVI

Michel Auclair
Jacques Damiens

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Cardinal de Rohan