Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Michel Auclair
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jean-Louis Barrault
Jeanne Boitel
Gilbert Bokanowski
Bourvil
Pauline Carton
Gino Cervi
Jean Chevrier
Aimé Clariond
Claudette Colbert
Nicole Courcel
Danièle Delorme
Yves Deniaud
Jean Desailly
Renée Devillers
Daniel Gélin
Fernand Gravey
Sacha Guitry
Pierre Larquey
Jean Marais
Georges Marchal
Lana Marconi
Mary Marquet
Gaby Morlay
Claude Nollier
Gisèle Pascal
Jean-Claude Pascal
Gérard Philipe
Édith Piaf
Micheline Presle
Jean Richard
Tino Rossi
Louis Seigner
Raymond Souplex
Maurice Teynac
Jean Tissier
Charles Vanel
Orson Welles
Louis Arbessier
Jacques Berthier
Georges Chamarat
Annie Cordy
Jean-Jacques Delbo
Albert Duvaleix
Samson Fainsilber
Tania Fédor
Jacques François
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Gilbert Gil
Marie Mansart
Nicole Maurey
Jacques Morel
Jean Murat
Constant Rémy
Germaine Rouer
Jacques Varennes
Howard Vernon
Martine Alexis
Paul Azaïs
Jean-Louis Allibert
Brigitte Bardot
Lily Baron
Liliane Bert
Roland Bourdin
Jany Castel
André Chanu
Anne Carrère
Claudy Chapeland
René Charles
France Delahalle
Jacques Derives
Bernard Dhéran
Émile Drain
Alain Durtal
Cécile Eddy
Robert Favart
Jacques de Féraudy
Roger Gaillard
Lucienne Granier
Robert Hommet
Marcel Journet
Pierre Lord
Jacques Mafioly
Olivier Mathot
Gérard Moryn
Lucien Nat
Gilles Quéant
Fernand René
Gaston Rey
Philippe Richard
Vanna Urbino
René Worms
Pierre Would
Jacqueline Maillan
Frédéric Rossif
Guy Tréjan