Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
Gene Wilder... wilder than ever!
An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty and aristocratic, the other poor and somewhat dim. They find themselves involved in palace intrigues as history happens around them. Based, very loosely, on Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities," Dumas's "The Corsican Brothers," etc.
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Gene WilderClaude / Philippe
Donald SutherlandCharles / Pierre
Hugh GriffithKing Louis
Jack MacGowranJacques
Billie WhitelawQueen Marie
Victor SpinettiDuke d'Escargot
Ewa AulinChristina
Helen FraserMimi
Rosalind KnightHelene de Sisi
Harry FowlerMarcel
Murray MelvinBlind ManKen ParryDr. BoileauKeywords
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What is Start the Revolution Without Me about?
An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty and aristocratic, the other poor and somewhat dim. They find themselves involved in palace intrigues as history happens around them. Based, very loosely, on Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities," Dumas's "The Corsican Brothers," etc.
How long is Start the Revolution Without Me?
Start the Revolution Without Me has a runtime of 90 minutes.
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