Directed by:
Gérard OuryCinematography:
Henri DecaëComposer:
Michel PolnareffCast:
Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert, Alberto de Mendoza, Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Eduardo Fajardo, Antonio Pica, Joaquín Solís (more)Plots(1)
Intended as a parody of Victor Hugo's tragic 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Louis de Funès](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/968/161968031_dd51e3.jpg)
Louis de Funès
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
The Knight of the Night (1954)
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
![Yves Montand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/801/163801581_f21303.png)
Yves Montand
Italy
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
![Alice Sapritch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/340/340744_7b4028.jpg)
Alice Sapritch
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Shoot the Pianist (1960)
![Karin Schubert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412628_c23b78.jpg)
Karin Schubert
German Empire
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Companeros (1970)
The Assassination (1972)
![Alberto de Mendoza](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281052_639780.jpg)
Alberto de Mendoza
Argentina
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Guns for the Dictator (1965)
Tapas (2005)
Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón
Spain
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973)
![Eduardo Fajardo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634380_ab5579.jpg)
Eduardo Fajardo
Spain
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
The Four Musketeers (1974)
Companeros (1970)
Antonio Pica
Spain
Best movies:
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
You Die... But I Live (1967)
Joaquín Solís
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
High Crime (1973)
Shoot First... Ask Questions Later (1975)
![Venantino Venantini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087328_0d3f08.jpg)
Venantino Venantini
Italy
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Cop or Hood (1979)
![Gabriele Tinti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/531/165531388_59cbfd.jpg)
Gabriele Tinti
Italy
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
The Condemned of Altona (1962)
![Paul Préboist](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/407/158407003_55934e.jpg)
Paul Préboist
France
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Hole (1960)
Les Misérables (1982)
![Sal Borgese](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271210_900eef.jpg)
Sal Borgese
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Man of the East (1972)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Astrid Frank
Germany
Best movies:
To Each His Hell (1977)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
The Violent People (1970)
![Robert Le Béal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353717_f36515.jpg)
Robert Le Béal
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
![Clément Michu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/570/158570867_22b70c.jpg)
Clément Michu
France
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Le Sniper (2005) (TV movie)
Mr 73 (2008)
La Polaca
Spain
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
El Amor Brujo (1986)
Rum Runners (1971)
![Leopoldo Trieste](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440800_714a41.jpg)
Leopoldo Trieste
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
![Ángel Álvarez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394734_470e79.jpg)
Ángel Álvarez
Spain
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
The Executioner (1963)
The Wheelchair (1960)
![Fernando Bilbao](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247446_c72a30.jpg)
Fernando Bilbao
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Kid Stuff (1975)
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)