You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

1977 · 92 min · ★ 4.9 · Comedy

Whilst King Gros Pif I amuses himself at debauched banquets, his musketeers pursue their tax-collecting duties with a malicious zeal. Goaded by the court jester (who is also the Queen’s lover), the ministers decide to put an end to this regime and have the King locked up. Hearing the news, the famous Chevalier Blanc comes to his rescue. Aided by the knight and his cousin Lucienne, the King flees to Flanders, where he devises a scheme to win him back the throne of France...

Directed by Marc Monnet · Written by Coluche

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Coluche Le roi Gros Pif Ier
Dominique Lavanant La reine Madeleine
Anémone La cousine Lucienne
Martin Lamotte Le bouffon
Michel Blanc Antremont
Roland Giraud Le duc d'Orléans
Gérard Jugnot Le premier capitaine des mousquetaires
Gérard Lanvin Le chevalier blanc
Thierry Lhermitte Le héraut d'armes
Marie-Anne Chazel La reine de Flandre
Philippe Bruneau Le duc d'Ambise
Michel Puterflam Le radoteur

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