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Start the Revolution Without Me
Gene Wilder... wilder than ever!
6.1(51)19701h 30m
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.
- Director
- Bud Yorkin
- Created by
- Norman Lear
- Writers
- Lawrence J. Cohen,Fred Freeman
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Cast

Gene Wilder
Claude / Philippe

Donald Sutherland
Charles / Pierre

Hugh Griffith
King Louis

Jack MacGowran
Jacques

Billie Whitelaw
Queen Marie

Victor Spinetti
Duke d'Escargot

Ewa Aulin
Christina

Helen Fraser
Mimi

Rosalind Knight
Helene de Sisi

Harry Fowler
Marcel

Murray Melvin
Blind Man
Ken Parry
Dr. Boileau

Orson Welles
The Narrator

Maxwell Shaw
Duke de Sisi

Jacques Maury
Lt. Sorel

Graham Stark
Andre Coupe
Barry Lowe
The Sergeant

George A. Cooper
Dr. Duval
Michael Rothwell
Paul Duval

Denise Coffey
Anne Duval
Crew
Directing
- Bud YorkinDirector
- Georges GrodzenczykAssistant Director
Writing
- Lawrence J. CohenWriter
- Fred FreemanWriter
Production
- Bud YorkinProducer
- Roger DebelmasUnit Manager
- Norman LearExecutive Producer
- Edward StephensonAssociate Producer
Camera
- Jean TournierDirector of Photography
Editing
- Ferris WebsterEditor
Sound
- Julien CoutelierSound
- John AddisonOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Gabriel BéchirSet Decoration
- François de LamotheArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Alan BarrettCostume Design