Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
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Cast & Crew.
Louis de Funès
Don Salluste de Bazan
Yves Montand
Blaze, Don Sallust's valet
Alice Sapritch
Dona Juana, first lady of the queen
Karin Schubert
Queen of Spain
Alberto de Mendoza
King of Spain
Jaime de Mora y Aragón
Marquis of Priego
Eduardo Fajardo
Cortega
Antonio Pica
Duke of Los Montes
Joaquín Solís
Duke of Sandoval
Venantino Venantini
Marquis del Basto
Gabriele Tinti
Don César, nephew of Don Sallust
Paul Préboist
The mute
Sal Borgese
One-eyed man
Astrid Frank
Lady of the Infant of Spain
Robert Le Béal
Chamberlain
Clément Michu
Stuttering valet of Don Salluste
La Polaca
Dancer
Leopoldo Trieste
Giuseppe, Italian inventor of the Bomba
Ricardo Palacios
Cook (uncredited)
Frédéric Norbert
Valet (uncredited)
Jesús Tordesillas
Aged Baron (uncredited)
Antonio Iranzo
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Fernando Bilbao
Colossus (uncredited)
Xan das Bolas
Sheikh of the Barbary (uncredited)
Ángel Álvarez
Representative of the poor village racketeered (uncredited)
Frank Braña
(uncredited)
Fabián Conde
(uncredited)
Fernando Hilbeck
(uncredited)
Marie Gromtseff
Costume Design
Humberto Cornejo
Costume Design
Gérard Oury
Director / Writer
Danièle Thompson
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 8, 1971
Original NameLa Folie des grandeurs
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Content RatingPG
Filming LocationsVaux-le-Vicomte, France · Barcelona, Spain
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Delusions of Grandeur (French: La Folie des grandeurs) is a 1971 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury. It is a very liberal comedic adaptation of the play Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo.
Set in 17th century Spain, film recounts the misadventures of the ignoble Don Salluste, greedy and hypocritical Minister of Finance of the King of Spain, deposed and chased from court by the Queen. Drunk with revenge, and ready to do anything to regain his functions and his wealth, he manipulates his former valet Blaze, overcome with love for the sovereign, in order to compromise the latter.
The idea of adapting Victor Hugo's romantic drama into a comedy film came to Gérard Oury in 1960, when he performed the play at the Comédie-Française. The great success of his films Le Corniaud in 1965 and La Grande Vadrouille in 1966 allowed his idea to see the light of day. Bourvil and Louis de Funès, headliners of the two films, were cast in the roles of Blaze and Don Salluste. After Bourvil's death from cancer in September 1970, and at the suggestion of Simone Signoret, Oury distributed the role of Blaze to Yves Montand.