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Good King Dagobert (1963)

Good King Dagobert (1963)

Comedy
Release Date: 1963, November 20
Directors: Pierre Chevalier
Countries: France
Cast: Guy Henry, Fernandel, Henri Virlogeux, Darío Moreno, Michel Galabru, Pascale Roberts, Darry Cowl, Pierre Doris, Marthe Mercadier, Georges Lycan, Max Amyl, André Tomasi

Overview:

Mr. Pelletan's rascal son Bébert son got another F for playing in class. His punishment is an essay on the Merovingian king Dagobert. All they know is he had eight wives and reunited Francia. The ignorant knave's irreverent imagination turns that into a harem and a ludicrous war without armies, loaded with anachronisms, in a race against rival king Charibert for the crown of Reims. The king's right hand, archbishop Eloi, the later patrons saint of carpentry, is portrayed as an inventor.

Keywords:

parody punishment kingdom 1960s inventor elementary school sword fight middle ages (476-1453) pope brother against brother disguise female spy polygamy french history anachronism pupil