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Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert, Alberto de Mendoza

DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR (LA FOLIE DES GRANDEURS) is an unjustly forgotten comedy classic by French director Gérard Oury (THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB). Intended as a parody of Victor Hugo's tragic ...( read more  read more... )drama RUY BLAS, the story takes place in 17th-century Spain as a corrupt, money-grubbing tax collector, Don Salluste (Louis de Funes), hatches a plan for revenge after being fired and driven into exile by the Queen (Karin Schubert). Eager for her public humiliation, Salluste recruits his inept manservant, Blaze (Yves Montand), to pose as an aristocratic casanova and seduce the Queen--only to have the couple fall unexpectedly in love in a deliriously farcical turnaround. Fueled by impeccable period-piece production design and the effortless slapstick of its dual leads, this timeless satire of eternally human foibles is absurdist comedy at its finest.

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PG, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Gérard Oury

Release Date: January 1, 1971

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DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006

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  • Sebdinovitch
    January 3, 2009
    Sebdinovitch
    Louis de Funes est geniale, tout simplement geniale ! Tres tres hysteriquement drole !
  • wr2521
    May 29, 2008
    wr2521
    Enorme ce film...
    Louis de Funes est trop marrant.
    Et tatatatatat.... apres tagadagadagadagadagadagadagada...

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