Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)

Name: Start the Revolution Without Me
Genre: Comedy, History
Released: 1970
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw

1h 30m United States of America

Comedy History

Plot

Accidentally swapped at birth, two pairs of identical twins lead drastically different lives. Aristocrats Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi embody privilege and arrogance, while their poorer counterparts, Charles and Claude Coupé, navigate life with a lack of intelligence. As the French Revolution looms, the twins become unwittingly caught in a web of courtly schemes and chaos. Their contrasting backgrounds and misadventures provide a humorous backdrop to a pivotal moment in history, intertwining their fates in unexpected ways.

Cast

Gene Wilder Donald Sutherland Hugh Griffith Jack MacGowran Billie Whitelaw Victor Spinetti Ewa Aulin Helen Fraser Rosalind Knight Harry Fowler Murray Melvin Ken Parry Orson Welles Maxwell Shaw Jacques Maury