![all posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w140/files/images/film/posters/000/020/20168_dfe50f.jpg)
Directed by:
Sacha GuitryScreenplay:
Sacha GuitryCinematography:
Philippe AgostiniComposer:
Jean FrançaixCast:
Françoise Arnoul, Jeanne Boitel, Sophie Desmarets, Sacha Guitry, Odette Joyeux, Robert Lamoureux, Jean Marais, Michèle Morgan, Giselle Pascal, Gérard Philipe (more)Plots(1)
Producer/director Sacha Guitry's contribution to the 1956 film season was the free-flowing historical pageant Si Paris Nous Etait Conte. Guitry himself appears as the ghost of King Louis XI, who relates the story of Paris to a group of fascinated modern-day students. As usual, Guitry manages to "humanize" history by depicting the great men and women of France in amusing warts-and-all fashion. Symbolizing the indomitable spirit of Paris is Robert Lamoureaux as Latude, a prisoner of the Bastille who repeatedly tries to escape, and just as repeatedly is captured and thrown back in jail. A note of pathos is provided by Jacques de Feraudy as the dying Voltaire. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Françoise Arnoul](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/734/163734484_de27bb.png)
Françoise Arnoul
Best movies:
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
Way of Youth (1959)
The Country I Come From (1956)
![Jeanne Boitel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431637_255a4f.jpg)
Jeanne Boitel
France
Best movies:
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
![Sophie Desmarets](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465123_eb9c45.jpg)
Sophie Desmarets
France
Best movies:
Service Entrance (1954)
The Right of the Maddest (1973)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
![Sacha Guitry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964298_7e63a0.jpg)
Sacha Guitry
Russian Empire
Best movies:
I Did It Three Times (1952)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
![Odette Joyeux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440685_d453ed.jpg)
Odette Joyeux
France
Best movies:
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
La Ronde (1950)
Sylvie et le fantôme (1946)
![Robert Lamoureux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270097_1c2247.jpg)
Robert Lamoureux
France
Best movies:
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
Service Entrance (1954)
![Jean Marais](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269186_eff34e.jpg)
Jean Marais
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
![Michèle Morgan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/347/162347711_7216dc.jpg)
Michèle Morgan
France
Best movies:
The Moment of Truth (1952)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
![Giselle Pascal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/460/460050_ec5e6d.jpg)
Giselle Pascal
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The ComDads (1983)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
![Gérard Philipe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099082_7fafd8.jpg)
Gérard Philipe
France
Best movies:
Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
![Lana Marconi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/102/640/102640920_1f9153.jpg)
Lana Marconi
Romania
Best movies:
I Did It Three Times (1952)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
![Renée Saint-Cyr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452466_46b7b5.jpg)
Renée Saint-Cyr
France
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Le Monocle rit jaune (1964)
![Jean Tissier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431631_bc3f03.jpg)
Jean Tissier
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
![Andrex](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312355_2dbb4c.jpg)
Andrex
France
Best movies:
The Sleepwalker (1951)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Monsieur (1964)
![Aimé Clariond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505285_f517ec.jpg)
Aimé Clariond
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
![Jean Debucourt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505394_7e2193.jpg)
Jean Debucourt
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
![Jeanne Fusier-Gir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440684_c4327c.jpg)
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Le Corbeau (1943)
![Maurice Escande](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/460/460049_c6de02.jpg)
Maurice Escande
France
Best movies:
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Napoleon (1955)
La Marseillaise (1938)
Germaine Dermoz
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Caroline and the Rebels (1955)
![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)