Let Joy Reign Supreme

A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

War History Drama

Philippe Noiret

(Philip of Orléans)

Jean Rochefort

(Abbot Dubois)

Jean-Pierre Marielle

(The Marquis de Pontcallec)

Marina Vlady

(The Marchioness of Parabère)

Christine Pascal

(Emilie)

Alfred Adam

(François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy)

Jean-Roger Caussimon

(The Cardinal)

Gérard Desarthe

(The Duke of Bourbon)

Michel Beaune

(Captain La Griolais)

Monique Chaumette

(Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec)

François Dyrek

(Montlouis)

Jean-Paul Farré

(Father Burdo)

Nicole Garcia

('La Fillon')

Raymond Girard

(Chirac)

Jacques Hilling

(Abbot Gratellard)

Bernard Lajarrige

(Amaury de Lambilly)

Thierry Lhermitte

(Count of Horn)

Christian Clavier

(The servant of the inn)

Michel Blanc

(Louis XV's valet)

Monique Lejeune

(Madame de Sabran)

Brigitte Roüan

(The prostitute)

Georges Riquier

(Brunet d'Ivry)

Andrée Tainsy

(Nun)

Jean Amos

(Police officer)

Roland Amstutz

(Regent's Coachman)

Gilbert Bahon

(Cabman)

Bruno Balp

(Valet Leblanc)

Michel Berto

(Abbot of Louis XV)

Richard Bigotini

(Neighbor of the inn)

Stéphane Bouy

(Nocé)

Liza Braconnier

(Louis XV's servant)

Agnès Château

(Peasant woman of the accident)

Philippe Chauveau

(Witness of the inn)

Daniel Duval

(Domestic)

Yves Elliot

(Breton peasant)

Pierre Forget

(The "Iroquois" Jesuit)

Claude Furlan

(Inn worker)

Guy Gerbaud

(Monk of the Nantes prison)

Gilles Guillot

(Deacon of the hospice)

Maurice Jacquemont

(Priest who initiates Dubois)

Yvon Lec

(Priest of the procession)

Jacques Lelut

(The first bandit)

Bernadette Le Saché

(Hélène de Lambilly)

Eric Lorvoire

(Count de Horn's accomplice)

Bertrand Migeat

(Thee second bandit)

Pierre Moncorbier

(Abbot Fleury)

René Morard

(Peddler)

Jean-Jacques Moreau

(Peasant)

Jacqueline Parent

(Severine, Regent's goddaughter)

Gérard Pichon

(Baker)

Bernard Pierrot

(Musician leader)

Jean-Paul Poirer

(The sleeper)

Jacques Pratoussy

(Lackey)

Colette Proust

(Clairvoyant)

Patrick Raynal

(Lackey)

Jean Rougerie

(Talhoüet)

Marie-Jo Simenon

(Novice)

Anthony Stuart

(Ambassador Stairs)

Hélène Vincent

(Madame de Saint-Simon)

Jean-Luc Moreau

(Flautist)

Gérard Jugnot

(Lackey opening a door (uncredited))

Marcel Dalio

(Nobleman suffocating at the meal (uncredited))

Sophie Jarry

(Little girl, future prostitute (uncredited))