La Galette du roi (1986)

4.5/10 90 min Comedy

Overview

In this conventional, broadly comic farce of greed and royal matrimony, nearly bankrupt businessman Victor Harris is marrying Maria-Helena, a princess who comes with a dowry that is made up of one half of her island kingdom. Her father, the cowardly King Arnold III is counting on the money this marriage will bring him. The country is now almost bankrupt because of the king's gambling debts. As Harris and the king look forward to their illusory profits from the royal merger, other characters add some liveliness to the otherwise predictable story.

Cast

Jean Rochefort

Arnold III of Corsalina

Roger Hanin

Victor Harris

Jean-Pierre Bacri

L'élégant

Philippe Khorsand

Clermont

Pierre-Loup Rajot

Léopold 'Léo' Tallier

Pauline Lafont

Maria-Helena

Jacques Villeret

Utte de Danemark

Eddy Mitchell

Jo Longo

Claude Piéplu

Lionel Costerman

Christophe Bourseiller

Jérémie Harris

Jess Hahn

Morrisson - TV Director

Laurent Spielvogel

Bourbon Chanterelle

Gabriel Jabbour

Arab Prince Abdallah Ibn

Jean-François Perrier

Salamanca y Leon

Christine Citti

Irina von Stoffen

Vittorio De Bisogno

Feroud of Albania

Gustavo Frigerio

Lord Pinkerton

Elena Cantarone

Paula Lucisantilla

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