Start The Revolution Without Me (1970)
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80% of critics liked it
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72% of users liked it
(1,144 ratings)
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… More 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
- Directed By
- Bud Yorkin
- Written By
- Orson Welles, Fred Freeman, Larry Cohen
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy, Special Interest
PG,
- In Theaters
- Feb 14, 1970 Wide
- Studio
- eRealBiz
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Seems like a Mel Brooks farce, but it's a Yorkin! Pretty zany.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
When at its best, it's easy to understand its cult status.
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Cast
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Gene Wilder
as Claude/Philippe
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Donald Sutherland
as Charles, Pierre
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Hugh Griffith
as Louis XVI
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Billie Whitelaw
as Marie Antoinette
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Victor Spinetti
as Duke D'Escargot
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Ewa Aulin
as Christina
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Orson Welles
as Narrator
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Denise Coffey
as Anne Duval
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Harry Fowler
as Marcel
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Helen Fraser
as Mimi Montage
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Rosalind Knight
as Helen DeSisi
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Barry Lowe
as Sergeant
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Jack MacGowran
as Jacques Cabriolet
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Jacques Maury
as Lt. Sorel
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Murray Melvin
as Blind Man
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Ken Parry
as Dr. Boileau
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Maxwell Shaw
as Duke DeSisi
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Graham Stark
as Andre Coupe
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George A. Cooper
as Dr. Duval
