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Feature film — 1970

Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)

6.11h 30mComedy — History

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.

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A high-signal pick with 51 votes.

Norbud Films / NorBud Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures

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Director: Bud Yorkin

On screen

Cast & crew

Gene Wilder as Claude / Philippe

Gene Wilder

Claude / Philippe

Donald Sutherland as Charles / Pierre

Donald Sutherland

Charles / Pierre

Hugh Griffith as King Louis

Hugh Griffith

King Louis

Jack MacGowran as Jacques

Jack MacGowran

Jacques

Billie Whitelaw as Queen Marie

Billie Whitelaw

Queen Marie

Victor Spinetti as Duke d'Escargot

Victor Spinetti

Duke d'Escargot

Ewa Aulin as Christina

Ewa Aulin

Christina

Helen Fraser as Mimi

Helen Fraser

Mimi

Rosalind Knight as Helene de Sisi

Rosalind Knight

Helene de Sisi

Harry Fowler as Marcel

Harry Fowler

Marcel

Murray Melvin as Blind Man

Murray Melvin

Blind Man

K

Ken Parry

Dr. Boileau

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